HMS Bluebell was an Acacia-class minesweeping sloop of the Royal Navy launched on 24 July 1915.[1][2]

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Bluebell
BuilderScotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock
Launched24 July 1915
FateSold on 26 May 1930
General characteristics
Class and typeAcacia-class minesweeping sloop
Displacement1,200 tons
Length
  • 250 ft (76 m) p/p
  • 262 ft 6 in (80.01 m) o/a
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draught12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion
  • 1 × 4-cylinder triple expansion engine
  • 2 × cylindrical boilers
  • 1 screw
SpeedDesigned for 1,400 or 1,800 hp to make 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph), but actually required about 2200 I.H.P. for this speed
Range2,000 nmi (3,700 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement77 men
ArmamentDesigned to mount 2 × 12-pounder (76 mm) guns and 2 × 3-pounder (47 mm) AA guns, but with wide variations

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.[3]

Fate

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She was sold in May 1930.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Acacia class sloops, 1915". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "HMS Bluebell". clydeships.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Black night in Ballykissane". The Kingdom. 13 April 2006. Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2008.

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