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The '''24 class''' was a [[ship class|class]] of minesweeping [[sloop-of-war|sloops]]. Derived from the preceding {{sclass2|Flower|sloop}}, 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 bybefore the Royal Navy but commissioned into the [[Royal Indian Marine]]launch. All were named after famous racehorses (winners of the [[Epsom Derby]]), but they were not named ''Racehorse'' class as the [[Admiralty]] realised that this could easily be confused in communications with the {{sclass2|Racecourse|minesweeper||ship}} 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 gun 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.

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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.

* {{HMIS|Clive|L79|6}} - built by [[William Beardmore and Company]], launched 10 December 1919, commissioned into [[Royal Indian Marine]] in 1920, scrapped 1947. <ref name="uboatnet">{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/class/158.html |title=24 class sloops |work=Uboat.net }}</ref>

* {{HMIS|Lawrence|L83|6}} - built by [[William Beardmore and Company]], launched 30 July 1919, commissioned into [[Royal Indian Marine]] in Dec 1919, scrapped 1947. <ref name="uboatnet"/>

==See also==