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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 126. Not illustrated. Chapters: Hunt Class Minesweeper, Hmas Doomba, Hms Ross, Hms Abingdon, Hms Ford, Hms Dundalk, Hms Aberdare, Hms Fermoy, Hms Albury, Hms Dunoon, Hms Selkirk, Hms Swindon, Hms Carstairs, Hms Appledore, Hms Elgin, Hms Gainsborough, Hms Bagshot, Hms Alresford, Hms Gaddesden, Hms Badminton, Hms Goole, Hms Wem, Hms Dorking, Hms Derby, Hms Cupar, Hms Rugby, Hms Bloxham, Hms Clonmel, Hms Forres, Hms Burslem, Hms Bootle, Hms Blackburn, Hms Truro, Hms Battle, Hms Fareham, Hms Leamington, Hms Banchory, Hms Caterham, Hms Gretna, Hms Camberley, Hms Barnstaple, Hms Faversham, Hms Tonbridge, Hms Tralee, Hms Forfar, Hms Cheam, Hms Tiverton, Hms Fairfield, Hms Bury, Hms Marazion, Hms Bradfield, Hms Caerleon, Hms Craigie, Hms Saltash. Excerpt: The Hunt class minesweeper was a class of minesweeping sloop built between 1916 and 1919 for the Royal Navy. They were built in two discrete groups, the earlier Belvoir group designed by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company and the subsequent (and slightly larger) Aberdare group designed by the Admiralty. They were classed as Fleet Minesweeping Sloops, that is ships intended to clear open water. The Belvoir group were named after British fox hunts. Those of the Aberdare group were originally named after coastal towns, watering places and fishing ports, some of which happened to be hunts by coincidence. However, all were soon renamed after inland locations to prevent confusion caused by the misunderstanding of signals and orders. These ships had twin screws and had forced-draught coal burning boilers, that is they burned pulverised coal in an artificially augmented airstream. One consequence of this was that they produced a lot of smoke, so much so that they were more usually referred to as Smokey Joes. Another was that if they were fed anything other than the Welsh Steam Coal they were design...
