The Racecourse-class minesweepers were 32 ships delivered to the Royal Navy during the First World War. They were built to two related designs as paddlewheel...
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Aggressive-class minesweeper Tripartite-class minehunter Aratu-class minesweeper River-class minesweeper Tripartite-class minehunter Fundy-class minesweeper Bangor-class...
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launched in 1916, was a Racecourse-class minesweeper that served in World War I. HMS Atherstone (L05), launched in 1939, was a Hunt-class destroyer that served...
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aristocrat, landowner and administrator HMS Plumpton, a British Racecourse class minesweeper of the early 20th century This disambiguation page lists articles...
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HMS Eglinton (1916) (category Racecourse-class minesweepers)
HMS Eglinton was a Racecourse-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy built in 1916. The Racecourse Class (also called the Ascot Class) comprised 32 paddlewheel...
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HMS Cheltenham (category Racecourse-class minesweepers)
HMS Cheltenham was a Racecourse-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy built in 1916. The Racecourse class (also called the Ascot class) comprised 32 paddlewheel...
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HMS Ascot (category Racecourse-class minesweepers)
HMS Ascot was a Racecourse-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. The Racecourse class comprised 32 paddlewheel coastal minesweeping sloops. Ascot was the...
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HMS Atherstone (1916) (category Racecourse-class minesweepers)
HMS Atherstone was a Racecourse-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. The Racecourse class comprised 32 paddlewheel coastal minesweeping sloops. Built by...
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Racecourse station (MTR), a station on the East Rail Line of Hong Kong Racecourse-class minesweeper, a United Kingdom naval ship class The Racecourse...
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HMS Croxton (category Racecourse-class minesweepers)
HMS Croxton was a Racecourse-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy built in 1916. The Racecourse class (also called the Ascot class) comprised 32 paddlewheel...
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HMS Melton (category Racecourse-class minesweepers)
HMS Melton was a Racecourse-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. The Racecourse class comprised 32 paddlewheel coastal minesweeping sloops. She returned...
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HMS Plumpton (category Minesweepers of the Royal Navy)
HMS Plumpton was a Racecourse-class minesweeper of the British Royal Navy. She served in the First World War and was of a paddle wheel design. She struggled...
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HMS Chelmsford (category Racecourse-class minesweepers)
HMS Chelmsford was a Racecourse-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy built in 1916. The Racecourse class (also called the Ascot class) comprised 32 paddlewheel...
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List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy (redirect from List of minesweepers of the Royal Navy)
sloops Racecourse-class minesweeper (32 ships in 2 sub-classes, launched 1916–1918) paddlewheel coastal minesweeping sloops Halcyon-class minesweeper (7 reciprocating...
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HMS Chepstow (category Racecourse-class minesweepers)
HMS Chepstow was a Racecourse-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy built in 1916. The Racecourse Class (also called the Ascot Class) comprised 32 paddlewheel...
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Russian invasion of Ukraine. England portal HMS Cheltenham, a Racecourse-class minesweeper of 1916 Acclaim Cheltenham, a game studio that made Extreme-G...
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World War it built the Racecourse-class minesweepers HMS Lingfield and HMS Lanark (both 1917) and HMS Lewes; Hunt-class minesweepers HMS Hambledon and HMS Heythrop...
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Haldon, including - HMS Haldon (1916), a Racecourse-class minesweeper of World War I HMS Haldon (L19), a Hunt-class destroyer of World War II This article...
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Revenge after the restoration in 1660 HMS Newbury (1916) was a Racecourse-class minesweeper SS Newbury (1927) was a merchant marine ship This article includes...
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The Halcyon class was a class of 21 oil-fuelled minesweepers (officially, "fleet minesweeping sloops") built for the British Royal Navy between 1933 and...
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1703. HMS Ludlow (1916), a Racecourse-class minesweeper launched in 1916 and lost in World War I. HMS Ludlow (G57), a Town-class destroyer previously USS...
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HMS Eglinton (1916) was a Racecourse-class minesweeper launched in 1916 and sold in 1922. HMS Eglinton (L87) was a Hunt-class destroyer launched in 1939...
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HMS Newbury (1916) (category Minesweepers of the Royal Navy)
Newbury was a Racecourse-class (or Ascot-class) minesweeper of the British Royal Navy, built in 1916 by A. & J. Inglis. The Racecourse-class were paddle-steamers...
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Paddle steamer (section Paddle minesweepers)
estuaries. These were so successful that a new class of paddle ships, the Racecourse-class minesweepers, were ordered and 32 of them were built before...
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C-class submarines), together with a picket boat to rescue crews Minesweeper (to take off surplus crew from blockships): HMS Lingfield (Racecourse-class...
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1922. In 1918, residents contributed to support the crew of the Racecourse-class minesweeper HMS Wetherby despite hardship and shortages caused by the war...
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Isle of Wight, England. HMS Sandown (1916), one of 24 Racecourse-class paddle wheel minesweepers, and was launched in 1916 and broken up in 1923. HMS Sandown (1939)...
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The Dance-class minesweepers were series of minesweepers of the Royal Navy. They were originally designed as a shallow-draft twin-screw tunnel tugs, and...
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Ascot tie, a type of cravat or scarf Ascot-class minesweeper HMS Ascot (1916), one of the ships of this class The Ascott Limited Ascot (finance) Ascott...
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Notes Coordinates HMS Dundalk Royal Navy 16 October 1940 A Hunt-class minesweeper that struck a naval mine and foundered under tow off Harwich. 52°3′N...
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