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Egret-class sloop

{{Short description|1938 class of British sloops-of-war}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}

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|Ship image=HMS Auckland (L61) IWM FL 1201.jpg

|Ship caption=HMS Auckland in January 1939

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{{Infobox ship class overview

|Name=Egret class

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|Operators={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|Class before={{sclass|Bittern|sloop|4}}

|Class after={{sclass|Black Swan|sloop|4}}

|Built range=

|In commission range=1938–1958

|Total ships completed=3

|Total ships lost=2

|Total ships scrapped=1

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|Ship type=Sloop-of-war

|Ship displacement=1,200 tons

|Ship length={{convert|276|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|Ship propulsion=*Geared steam turbines on two shafts

|Ship speed={{convert|19.25|kn|lk=in}}

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|Ship complement=188

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|Ship armament=*8 × QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun (4 × 2)

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The Egret-class sloops were a three ship class of a long-range escort vessels used in the Second World War by the Royal Navy. They were an enlarged version of the {{sclass|Bittern|sloop|4}} with an extra twin 4-inch gun mounting. They were fitted with Denny Brown stabilisers and the Fuze Keeping Clock anti-aircraft fire control system.

Ships

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Ship

! Builder

! Laid Down

! Launched

! Fate

{{HMS|Auckland|L61|2}} (ex-Heron)

| William Denny and Brothers

| 16 June 1937

| 30 June 1938

|Sunk 24 June 1941 by dive bombers near Tobruk

{{HMS|Pelican|L86|2}}

| John I. Thornycroft & Company

| 7 September 1937

| 12 September 1938

|Broken up 1958

{{HMS|Egret|L75|2}}

| J. Samuel White

| 21 September 1937

| 31 May 1938

|Sunk by guided bomb in Bay of Biscay 27 August 1943

Service history

Three ships were built; {{HMS|Auckland|L61|6}}, {{HMS|Pelican|L86|6}} and {{HMS|Egret|L75|6}}.

Auckland was lost on 24 June 1941, to 48 Junkers Ju 87 aircraft dive-bombing both her and {{HMAS|Parramatta|U44|6}}, off the coast of Tobruk.

Pelican was an effective convoy escort, and was credited with the destruction of four U-boats. She survived until the end of the war, and was broken up in 1958. Egret was lost to a guided missile while patrolling in the Bay of Biscay. She was attacked by 18 Do 217 aircraft, one of which carried the Henschel Hs 293 guided bomb.[http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3909.html HMS Egret at Uboat.net]

Notes

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References

  • {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau |editor1-first=Roger |publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK |year=1980 |isbn=0-85177-146-7 |chapter=Great Britain (including Empire Forces)|author-first=N. J. M. |author-last=Campbell |pages=2–85}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Colledge |first1=J. J. |title=Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present |date=2020 |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |location=Barnsley, UK |isbn=978-1-5267-9327-0 |edition=5th revised and updated|first2=Ben|last2=Warlow|first3=Steve|last3=Bush|name-list-style=amp}}
  • {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After|year=2008|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=978-1-84832-015-4 |author-link=Norman Friedman}}
  • {{cite book|last=Hague|first=Arnold|title=Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946|year=1993|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Kendal, UK|isbn=0-905617-67-3}}
  • {{cite book|last=Lenton|first=H. T.|title=British & Empire Warships of the Second World War |publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1998 |isbn=1-55750-048-7 |author-link=Henry Trevor Lenton}}
  • {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two |publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2005 |edition=Third Revised |isbn=1-59114-119-2|author-link=Jürgen Rohwer}}

External links

{{Commons category|Egret class sloop}}

  • [http://www.britainsnavy.co.uk/FF/Egret%20Class%20(1938)%20SL.htm Egret class sloops at britainsnavy.co.uk]

{{WWII British ships}}

Category:Ship classes of the Royal Navy

Category:Sloops of the Royal Navy

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