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{{Short description|1918 class of British sloops-of-war}}

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The '''24 class''' was a [[ship class|class]] of minesweeping [[sloop-of-war|sloops]]. DerivedThey were derived from the preceding {{sclass2|Flower|sloop|2}}, but designed to appear double-ended. Twenty-four ships to this design (hence the class name) were ordered between December 1916 and April 1917 under the [[Emergency War Programme]] for the [[Royal Navy]] in [[World War I]], although two of them were cancelled before launch. All were named after famous racehorses (winners of [[Epsom Derby|The Derby]]), but they were not named "''Racehorse"'' class as the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] realised that this could easily be confused in communications with the {{sclass2|Racecourse|minesweeper||ship4}} of paddle minesweepers, and they officially became the '''24 class'''.

Like the Flower -class sloops, they were single-screw Fleetfleet Sweepingsweeping Sloopssloops used almost entirely for minesweeping, although only ten were completed by the [[Armistice]] in 1918. However, they had identical deckhouses and gunshieldsgun shields at either end of the vessel, with straight stems and sterns. Furthermore, four of those completed had the single mast aft of the centrally- located funnel, and the rest had the mast forwardsforward of the funnel. The symmetrical design was completed with fake anchors at the stern to confuse enemy targeting.

== Ships ==

* {{HMS|Ard Patrick|1918|6}} — built by [[Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson]], [[Wallsend]] on Tyne, launched [[6 June]] [[1918]]. Sold [[12 August]] [[1920]].

* {{HMS|Bend Or|1918|6}} — built by [[Barclay Curle & Company]], [[Whiteinch]], launched [[24 September]] [[1918]]. Sold [[12 August]] [[1920]].

* {{HMS|Cicero|1918|6}} — built by Swan Hunter, launched [[26 July]] [[1918]]. Sold for breaking up [[1 December]] [[1921]].

* {{HMS|Donovan|1918|6}} — built by [[Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company]], launched [[27 April]] [[1918]]. Sold [[15 November]] [[1922]].

* {{HMS|Flying Fox|1918|6}} — built by Swan Hunter, launched [[28 March]] [[1918]]. Transferred to RNVR on [[24 March]] [[1920]]. Sold for breaking up in 1973.

* {{HMS| ''Galtee More}}'' — ordered from Osbourne Graham, transferred to Swan Hunter [[7 June]] [[1918]], then cancelled [[3 December]] [[1918]].

* {{HMS|Harvester|1918|6}} — built by [[Barclay Curle & Company]], [[Whiteinch]], launched [[2 November]] [[1918]]. Sold for breaking up in August 1922.

* {{HMS|Iroquois|1918|6}} — built by Barclay Curle, launched [[24 August]] [[1918]]. Survey ship in 1922. Sold for breaking up [[1528 January]]June [[1923]]1937.

* {{HMS|Isinglass|1919|6}} — built by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard, launched [[5 March]] [[1919]]. Sold [[12 August]] 1920.

* {{HMS|Ladas|1918|6}} — built by [[Osbourne Graham & Company]], [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]], launched [[21 September]] [[1918]]. Sold [[6 November]] [[1920]].

* {{HMS|Merry Hampton|1918|6}} — built by [[Blyth Shipbuilding Company|Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company]], launched [[19 December]] [[1918]]. Survey ship in February 1923, renamed ''Herald''. Scuttled in February 1942 at [[Seletar|Selatar]] but salved by the Japanese Navy and added as IJNrenamed ''Heiyo'' in October 1942. Sunk by mine [[14 November]] [[1944]].

* {{HMS|Minoru|1919|6}} — built by Swan Hunter, launched [[6 June]] [[1919]]. Sold [[25 February]] [[1920]], becoming mercantile ''Haim Mazza''.

* {{HMS|Orby|1918|6}} — built by Swan Hunter, launched [[22 October]] [[1918]]. Sold to break up [[15 November]] [[1922]].

* {{HMS|Ormonde|1918|6}} — built by [[Blyth Shipbuilding Company|Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company]], launched [[8 June]] [[1918]]. Survey vessel in March 1924. Sold [[6 August]] [[1937]] to break up.

* {{HMS|Persimmon|1919|6}} — built by Osbourne Graham, launched [[4 March]] [[1919]]. Sold [[12 August]] [[1920]] but sale was cancelled; re-sold [[13 October]] [[1922]].

* {{HMS|Rocksand|1918|6}} — built by Swan Hunter, launched [[10 July]] [[1918]]. Sold [[15 November]] [[1922]].

* {{HMS|Sanfoin|1918|6}} — built by [[Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company]], Greenock, launched [[10 June]] [[1918]]. Sold [[15 November]] [[1922]].

* {{HMS|Sefton|1918|6}} — built by Barclay Curle, launched [[6 July]] [[1918]]. Sold August 1922.

* {{HMS|Silvio|1918|6}} — built by Barclay Curle, launched [[12 April]] [[1918]]. Transferred to [[Royal Australian Navy]] in December 1924 and became survey ship {{HMAS| ''Moresby|1918|6}}'' in April 1925. Escort vessel 1940. Sold for breaking up 1946 at Newcastle, NSW.

* {{HMS|Sir Bevis|1918|6}} — built by Barclay Curle, launched [[11 May]] [[1918]]. Transferred to RNVR in September 1923, renamed ''Irwell'', then again renamed ''Eaglet'' in 1926.

* {{HMS|Sir Hugo|1918|6}} — built by Greenock & Grangemouth, launched [[20 September]] [[1918]]. Depot ship in October 1919. Sold for breaking up [[25 June]] [[1930]].

* {{HMS|Sir Visto|1918|6}} — built by Osbourne Graham, launched [[4 December]] [[1918]]. Sold [[12 August]] [[1920]], becoming mercantile ''Fanny Mazza''.

* {{HMS|Spearmint|1918|6}} — built by Swan Hunter, launched [[23 September]] [[1918]]. Sold for breaking up [[29 November]] [[1922]].

* {{HMS| ''Sunstar}}'' — ordered from Swan Hunter, but cancelled [[3 December]] [[1918]].

==See also==

{{Commonscat-inline|24 class sloop}}

==References==

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{{Reflist}}

* ''British and Empire Warships of the Second World War'', H T Lenton, 1998, Greenhill Books, ISBN 978-1-85367-277-4

==Bibliography==

* ''The Grand Fleet, Warship Design and Development 1906-19221906–1922'', D. K. Brown, Chatham Publishing, 1999, {{ISBN |978-1-86176-099-9}}

* ''Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I'', Janes Publishing, 1919

* {{cite book|last=Lenton|first=H. T.|title=British & Empire Warships of the Second World War |publisher=Naval Institute Press|___location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1998 |isbn=1-55750-048-7 |author-link=Henry Trevor Lenton}}

* ''The Grand Fleet, Warship Design and Development 1906-1922'', D. K. Brown, Chatham Publishing, 1999, ISBN 978-1-86176-099-9

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