Hastings-class sloop
{{Short description|1930 class of sloops-of-war}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=HMS Scarborough.jpg |Ship caption={{HMS|Scarborough|L25|6}} in August 1943 }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name=Hastings class |Builders= |Operators=*{{navy|United Kingdom}}
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The Hastings class, also known as the Folkestone class, was a class of sloop which were built for the Royal Navy and the Royal Indian Navy in the interwar period. In total five ships were built, and went on to see service in the Second World War.
Design
The Hastings were a follow on of the previous {{sclass|Bridgewater|sloop|4}} and utilised features developed from the lessons learnt from the convoy escorts of the First World War. They were fitted out as fleet minesweepers, but were intended to be multifunctional vessels. Features included a high, sustained forecastle to improve operations in high seas, and they were fitted with turbine machinery to improve performance. This turned out to be a drawback as the turbine machinery could not be mass-produced and the design was superseded by the Second World War in favour of classes that could be quickly brought into service.
Service
Five ships were built in total, four for the Royal Navy and one for the Royal Indian Navy. They were launched in 1930 and all saw service in the Second World War. {{HMS|Scarborough|L25|6}} was disarmed before the outbreak and was rearmed with a {{convert|4|in}} high angle anti-aircraft gun, a 12-pounder gun and 15 depth charges, this number later being increased to 80. One, {{HMS|Penzance|L28|6}} was lost during the war after being torpedoed by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}}. The remaining Royal Navy ships were decommissioned after the war and had all been scrapped by 1949. The sole Indian ship, {{HMIS|Hindustan|L80|6}} was later involved in the Royal Indian Navy Mutiny, and was subsequently transferred to the Pakistan Navy in 1948 on its formation, and was renamed Karsaz. She was broken up in 1951.
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|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|Hastings class sloop}}
- [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=169 Hastings class at Uboat.net]
- [http://www.leander-project.homecall.co.uk/Sloops.html Sloop classes, including Hastings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206234401/http://www.leander-project.homecall.co.uk/Sloops.html |date=6 December 2011 }}
- [http://www.naval-history.net/xDKEscorts18Sl-allclasses.htm#ha/ Convoy Escort Movements for Hastings-class sloops]
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