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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 fleet sweeping sloops 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 forward of the funnel. The symmetrical design was completed with fake anchors at the stern to confuse enemy targeting.

== Ships ==

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* {{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 JanuaryJune 19231937.

* {{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.

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* {{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'' 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.

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* {{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==

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==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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