Bittern-class sloop: Difference between revisions

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|Ship image=[[ImageFile:HMS Stork 1943 IWM FL 22540.jpg|300px]]

|Ship caption=HMS ''Stork'' in July 1943

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|Header caption=<ref name=Conway>Conway's p57</ref>

|Ship type=[[Sloop-of-war]]

|Ship displacement= 1190 Tons

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|Ship armament='''''Stork''''', '''''Bittern'''''<br/>Six 4"-inch AA guns (3 × 2)<br>Four 0.5"-inch AA guns (1 × 4)<br>[[Depth charges]] 90<br>'''''Enchantress'' (as designed):'''<br>Four 4.7"-inch guns (4 × 1)<br> Four 0.5"-inch AA guns (1 × 4)<br>Depth charges 60

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The '''''Bittern''-class sloop''' was a three [[ship class]] of long-range escort vessels used in the [[Second World War]] by the [[Royal Navy]].

==Design==

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Three ships were built: {{HMS|Enchantress|L56|6}} (originally called ''Bittern'', but re-named before launching in 1934), {{HMS|Stork|L81|6}} and {{HMS|Bittern|L07|6}}. ''Enchantress'' was the first in the class, and was built as an armed [[Admiral]]'s yacht. The armament was two single 4.7-inch guns forward and four 3-pounder saluting guns. Anti-aircraft armament was installed at the outbreak of war, however the aft turret was originally replaced with accommodation and the armament was never replaced.

''Stork'' was unarmed on completion, but with provision for 6x4insix 4-inch guns, plus [[anti-aircraft|AA]] and [[anti-submarine warfare|ASW]] weaponry; she served as a survey vessel in the Far East. Her main armament was added at the outbreak of war.

''Bittern'' completed as designed, with the same armament as ''Stork''<ref name=Conway/>

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==References==

* {{cite book|first=D.K. |last=Brown, ''|title=Nelson to Vanguard'', (|date=2000) |publisher=Chatham Publishing}}

* {{cite book|editor-first=R |editor-last=Gardiner, |editor-first2=R |editor-last2=Gray : ''|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946'' (|date=1985) ISBN |isbn=0-85177-245-5}}

* {{cite book|last=Hague|first=Arnold|title=Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946|year=1993|publisher=World Ship Society|___location=Kendal, England|isbn=0-905617-67-3}}

* D.K. Brown, ''Nelson to Vanguard'', (2000) Chatham Publishing

* R Gardiner, R Gray : ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946'' (1985) ISBN 0-85177-245-5

==External links==

{{Commons category|Bittern class sloops}}