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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Myrtle.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Myrtle
OperatorRoyal Navy
BuilderLobnitz, Renfrew
Yard numberNo 806
Launched11 October 1915
CompletedNovember 1915
FateHit a mine on 16 July 1919
General characteristics
TypeMinesweeper
Displacement1,250 tons
Length
  • 255 ft 3 in (77.80 m) p/p
  • 267 ft 9 in (81.61 m) o/a
Beam33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Draught11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)
Propulsion
  • 1 × 4-cylinder triple expansion engine
  • 2 × cylindrical boilers
  • 1 screw
Speed17 knots (31 km/h)
Range2,000 nmi (3,700 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) with max. 260 tons of coal[1]
Complement79 men
Armament2 × 1 – QF 4 inch Mk IV guns, BL 4 inch Mk IX guns or QF 4.7 inch Mk IV guns and 2 × 1 – 3-pounders (47 mm) AA. A few had no 3-pounders.

HMS Myrtle was an Template:Sclass- sloop that was part of a Royal Navy squadron that was sent to assist the Baltic States and their fight for independence. While clearing naval mines on 16 July 1919[2] both Myrtle and HMS Gentian hit mines and sank killing nine sailors in the two blasts.

Background

The British campaign in the Baltic was a part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. The codename of the Royal Navy campaign was "Operation Red Trek".[3] The intervention played a key role in enabling the establishment of the independent states of Estonia and Latvia[4] but failed to secure the control of Petrograd by White Russian forces, which was one of the main goals of the campaign.[5] The taskforce was vital in supplying the Baltic states as well as containing the Soviet navies.

Wreck

In July 2010 an Estonian minesweeper located the remains of the cruiser HMS Cassandra, HMS Myrtle and HMS Gentian.[6][7]

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ^ Gogin 2019
  2. ^ Gibson & Prendergast 2002, p. 336
  3. ^ Langworth 2017
  4. ^ Kinvig 2006
  5. ^ Kinvig 2006, pp. 271–90
  6. ^ Wainwright 2010
  7. ^ Wright 2017, p. 387

References

  • Gibson, R.H.; Prendergast, Maurice (2002) [1931]. The German Submarine War 1914–1918. Penzance, UK: Periscope Publishing. ISBN 9781904381082. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help) - Total pages: 438
  • Gogin, Ivan (2019). ""Flower" Arabis type fleet sweeping sloops". navypedia.org. Retrieved 16 July 2019. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Kinvig, Clifford (2006). Churchill's Crusade: The British Invasion of Russia, 1918–1920. A & C Black. ISBN 9781852854775. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help) - Total pages: 373
  • Langworth, Richard (23 April 2017). "Churchill and the Baltic, Part 1". Hillsdale College. Retrieved 16 July 2019. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Wainwright, Martin (23 August 2010). "British warships sunk 90 years ago found off Estonian coast". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2019. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Wright, Damien (2017). Churchill's Secret War With Lenin: British and Commonwealth Military Intervention in the Russian Civil War, 1918–20. Helion and Company. ISBN 9781913118112. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help) - Total pages: 576
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