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|Name=''Bittern'' class

|Builders=[[William Denny & Brothers]], [[Dumbarton]], [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[John Brown and Company|John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Limited]], [[River Clyde|Clyde]], UK<br>[[J. Samuel White|J S White & Company]], [[Cowes]], UK

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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==

The ''Bittern'' class were built as light, long-range escort ships with limited anti-air capability. They were fitted with Denny-Brown fin stabilisers and a [[HACS]] fire control system.

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 six 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/>

The design served as the basis for the {{sclass-|Egret|sloop|5}} and {{sclass-|Black Swan|sloop|1}}s.

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* {{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=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}}

==External links==

{{Commons category|Bittern class sloops}}

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