HMS Bluebell (1915)

{{short description|Corvette, flower class}}

{{other ships|HMS Bluebell}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}

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

{{Infobox ship begin}} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |Ship name=HMS Bluebell |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= 24 July 1915 |Ship commissioned= |Ship fate=Sold on 26 May 1930 |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Ship class={{sclass|Acacia|sloop|0}} minesweeping sloop |Ship displacement= 1,200 tons |Ship length=*{{convert|250|ft|m|abbr=on}} p/p {{convert|262|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} o/a |Ship beam= {{convert|33|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= {{convert|12|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=*1 × 4-cylinder triple expansion engine 2 × cylindrical boilers 1 screw |Ship speed= Designed for 1,400 or 1,800 hp to make {{convert|17|kn|lk=in}}, but actually required about 2200 I.H.P. for this speed |Ship range= {{convert|2000|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} |Ship endurance= |Ship complement=77 men |Ship crew= |Ship armament=Designed to mount 2 × 12-pounder (76 mm) guns and 2 × 3-pounder (47 mm) AA guns, but with wide variations |Ship notes= }}

HMS Bluebell was an {{sclass|Acacia|sloop|0}} minesweeping sloop of the Royal Navy launched on 24 July 1915.{{cite web|url=http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/acacia_class.htm |title=Acacia class sloops, 1915 |publisher=battleships-cruisers.co.uk |accessdate=3 May 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?a1PageSize=75&ship_listPage=6&a1Order=Sorter_types&a1Dir=ASC&a1Page=339&ref=16744&vessel=BLUEBELL|title=HMS Bluebell |publisher=clydeships.co.uk |accessdate=6 November 2019}}

The merchant vessel {{SS|Libau}} (masquerading under the name Aud) was intercepted by Bluebell as she carried arms to Ireland for the Easter Rising in 1916.{{cite news|url=http://archives.tcm.ie/thekingdom/2006/04/13/story20147.asp|title=Black night in Ballykissane|date=2006-04-13|publisher=The Kingdom|accessdate=2008-07-01 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630144424/http://archives.tcm.ie/thekingdom/2006/04/13/story20147.asp |archivedate=2007-06-30}}