HMS Kinross

Sister ship to HMS Kinross, HMS Aberdare in 1919
History
United Kingdom
Name	Kinross
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Yard number	576
Launched	4 July 1918
Out of service	16 June 1919
Fate	Sunk by mine 16 June 1919 in the Aegean Sea
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass2-, Aberdare sub-class
Displacement	710 tons
Length	231 ft (70 m)
Beam	28 ft (9 m)
Draught	8 ft (2 m)
Propulsion	Yarrow boilers Vertical triple-expansion engines 2 shafts, 2,200 ihp (1,641 kW)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range	140 tons coal
Complement	73
Armament	1 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) forward QF 76 mm (3.0 in) aft 2 × twin 0.303 inch machine guns

HMS Kinross was a Template:Sclass2- of the Royal Navy. Kinross was a member of the Admiralty's modified design of Hunt-class minesweepers, which are known variously as the Aberdare class or Aberdare group.

Loss

At the time of her loss HMS Kinross' was serving with the Mediterranean Fast Minesweeper Flotilla.

Casualties

12 members of the ships company were lost, with most casualties incurred in the ships engine & boiler rooms.

On 16 June 11 men were lost in the sinking.

• BEAMES, John, Cook, M 7573
• BRACEWELL, Robinson, Chief Engine Room Artificer 1c, 270477
• BROOKS, Albert H, Stoker 1c, K 23341
• FLOOD, Arthur, Stoker Petty Officer, 292870
• JOYCE, Ralph, Stoker 1c, SS 118607
• LETHBRIDGE, James A, Stoker 1c, K 14459
• MONTE, Emilio, Officer's Steward 2c, 122493
• OLIVER, William S, Able Seaman, J 11034
• RICHARDS, Edward A, Stoker 1c, K 14474
• STONE, Henry T, Stoker 1c, K 17232
• WEBBER, Samuel C, Leading Stoker, 183706

On 17 June 1 man died of wounds.

• MCCORQUODALE, Duncan, Engine Room Artificer 4c, M 33412

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.