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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: 88. Chapters: 24 class sloop, Abdiel class minelayer, Accentor class minesweeper, Admirable class minesweeper, Aggressive class minesweeper, Albatross class minesweeper, Alexandrit class minesweeper, Algerine class minesweeper, Alta class minesweeper, Anticosti class minesweeper, Auk class minesweeper, Auxiliary Motor Minesweepers (YMS), Avenger class mine countermeasures ship, A class minehunter (Turkey), Bangor class minesweeper, Bathurst class corvette, Bay class minehunter, Bay class minesweeper, Bedok class mine countermeasures vessel, Bird class minesweeper, Brummer class cruiser, BYMS class minesweeper, Castle class trawler, Cybele class mine destructor vessel, Dance class armed trawler, Dance class minesweeper, Douwe Aukes class minelayer, Elan class minesweeping sloops, Ensdorf class minesweeper, Frankenthal class minehunter, Fundy class minesweeper, Glommen class minelayer, Gorya class minesweeper, Halcyon class minesweeper, Hameenmaa class minelayer, Ham class minesweeper, Hawk class minesweeper, Hunt class minesweeper (1916), Hunt class mine countermeasures vessel, Huon class minehunter, Hydra class minelayer, Isles class trawler, Jan van Amstel class minesweeper, Jasko ka class minesweeper, Kite class minesweeper, Landsort class mine countermeasures vessel, Lapwing class minesweeper, Lerici class minehunter, Lindau class minesweeper, List of minesweeper classes, Mahe class minesweeper, MMS class minesweeper, M class minesweeper (Germany), M class minesweeper (Netherlands), Natya class minesweeper, Nautilus class minelayer, Oksoy class mine hunter, Osprey class coastal minehunter, Pansio class minelayer, Pondicherry class minesweeper, Prins van Oranje class minelayers, Racecourse class minesweeper, Raven class minesweeper, River class minesweeper, R boat, Sasha class minesweeper, Sauda class mine countermeasures vessel, Sonya class minesweeper, T43 class minesweeper, T58 class minesweeper, Ton class minesweeper, Tripartite class minehunter, Vale class gunboat, Vanya class minesweeper, Venturer class minesweeper, Vidar class minesweeper, Wolei class minelayer, Yaeyama class minesweeper, Yevgenya class minesweeper, YMS-1 class minesweeper, Yurka class minesweeper, Zhenya class minesweeper. Excerpt: The Bangor-class minesweepers were a class of minesweepers operated by the Royal Navy (RN), Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II. The class derives its name from the lead ship, HMS Bangor (J00), launched on 19 February 1940 and commissioned on 7 November 1940. Royal Navy ships were named after coastal towns of the United Kingdom Their smallness gave them poor sea handling abilities, reportedly worse even than the Flower class corvettes. The diesel-engined versions were considered to have poorer handling characteristics than the slow-speed reciprocating-engined versions. Their shallow draft made them unstable and their short hulls tended to bury the bow when operating in a head sea. The Bangor-class vessels were also considered overcrowded, cramming over 90 enlisted sailors and six officers into a vessel originally intended for a total of 40 officers and sailors. Despite claims to the contrary, the Australian Bathurst class corvettes were a wholly Australian design, and not based on the Bangor design. The original intent of the Bangor-class minesweeper design was to provide a coastal equivalent of the Halcyon-class minesweeper, however the realities brought to light by the start of the war caused a modification of the design before construction started. The need for quick construction coupled with the limitations of engineering resources resulted in several variations existing based on the availability of propulsion machinery. They all had twin screws, but the machinery was a mix of steam turbine, slow-speed steam reciprocating, high-speed...
