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Name Launched // Comm. Builder Tonnage, BRT Dimensions, m (LppxB) Speed, kts Machinery, Fuel, t Armament Fate
Alcantara (M94) 30.10.1913 // 3.1915 Harland & Wolff, Govan 15831 173.7x20.5 17 3turbines 8 - 152/, 2 - 57 sunk 29.2.1916
Almanzora (MIA0, MI50, MI28) 19.11.1914 // 10.1915 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 16034 173.7x20.5 17 3turbines 6 - 152/ stricken 12.1919
Alsatian (M50, MI51, MI29), 1919- Empress of France 22.3.1913 // 8.1914 Beardmore, Dalmuir 18485 174.2x22.1 18 4turbines 8 - 120/, later 8 - 152/, 2 - 57 stricken 4.1919
Ambrose (M87) 31.3.1903 // 11.1914 Raylton Dixon, Middlesbrough 4187 114.4x14.6 14 1VTE 8 - 120/, 2 - 57 depot ship 10.1915
Andes (M82, MI52, MI30) 8.5.1913 // 3.1915 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 15620 173.8x20.5 17 3VTE/turbines 6 - 152/, 2 - 57 stricken 10.1919
Aquitania (MI56) 21.4.1913 // 8.1914 John Brown, Clydebank 45647 264.8x29.6 23 4turbines 12 - 152/ stricken 9.1914, commissioned again 1.1918 - 1919
Arlanza (M93, MI53, MI31) 23.11.1911 // 3.1915 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 15044 173.8x19.9 17 3VTE/turbines 6 - 152/, 2 - 57 stricken 6.1920
Armadale Castle (M63, MI54, MI32) 11.8.1903 // 8.1914 Fairfield, Govan 12973 173.7x19.7 17 2VQE 8 - 120/ stricken 9.1919
Avenger (ex-Aotearoa) (MI75) 30.6.1915 // 12.1915 Fairfield, Govan 14744 167.0x20.8 18 2turbines 8 - 152/, 2 - 47 sunk 14.6.1917
Avoca (ex-Avon) (MI79, MI57) 2.3.1907 // 1.1916 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 11073 158.6x19.0 15 2VQE 8 - 152/, 2 - 57 stricken 10.1919
Bayano (M78) 19.4.1913 // 11.1914 Stephen, Linthouse 5948 127.0x16.2 14 2VTE 2 - 152/ sunk 11.3.1915
Berrima (RAN) 15.9.1913 // 8.1914 Caird, Greenock 11137 152.4x19.0 15 2VQE   store carrier 10.1914
Calgarian (M54, MI58) 19.4.1913 // 9.1914 Fairfield, Govan 17515 173.4x21.4 18 4turbines 8 - 152/ sunk 1.3.1918
Calyx (M86) 7.1.1904 // 11.1914 Earle, Hull 2876 94.4x13.0 14 1VTE 8 - 120/, 2 - 47 stricken 6.1915
Caribbean (ex-Dunottar Castle) (M79) 22.5.1890 // 11.1914 Fairfield, Govan 5465 128.0x15.2 16 1VTE 8 - 120/, 2 - 57 accommodation ship 6.1915
Carmania (M55) 21.2.1905 // 8.1914 John Brown, Clydebank 19524 198.2x22.0 18 3turbines 8 - 120/ stricken 7.1916
Caronia (M53) 13.7.1904 // 8.1914 John Brown, Clydebank 19687 198.1x22.0 18 2VQE 8 - 120/ stricken 9.1916
Cedric (M74) 21.8.1902 // 11.1914 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 21035 207.5x23.0 16 2VQE 8 - 152/, 2 - 57 stricken 1.1916
Celtic (M69) 4.4.1901 // 10.1914 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 20904 207.5x23.0 16 2VQE 8 - 152 stricken 1.1916
Changuinola (ex-Carl Schurz) (M85, MI63, MI35) 30.7.1912 // 11.1914 Swan Hunter, Wallsend 6011 125.2x15.6 16 2turbines 6 - 152/, 2 - 47 stricken 1.1920
City of London (MI69, MI64, MI42) 22.11.1906 // 1.1916 Workman Clark, Belfast 8875 149.7x17.6 15 1VQE 8 - 152/, 2 - 57 stricken 7.1919
Clan MacNaughton (M81) 28.6.1911 // 11.1914 Stephen, Linthouse 4985 131.0x16.4 13 1VTE 8 - 120/ sunk 3.2.1915
Columbella (ex-Columbia) (M89, MI69, MI36) 22.2.1902 // 11.1914 Henderson, Meadowside 8292 148.0x17.1 16.5 2VTE 6 - 152/, 2 - 57 stricken 6.1919
Digby (M83, MI55, MI33) 28.12.1912 // 11.1914 Irvine, Harbour Dock 3966 106.9x15.2 15 1VTE 5 - 152/, 2 - 57 to France 11.1915-7/1917 (Artois), stricken 1.1919
Ebro (M78, MI70, MI37) 8.9.1914 // 3.1915 Workman Clark, Belfast 8480 137.2x17.6 15 2VQE 6 - 152/, 2 - 57 stricken 10.1919
Edinburgh Castle (M62, MI71, MI55) 27.1.1910 // 9.1914 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 13330 173.8x19.7 17.5 2VQE 8 - 152/ stricken 7.1919
Empress of Asia (M65) 23.11.1912 // 8.1914 Fairfield, Govan 16909 173.8x20.8 19 4turbines 8 - 120/ stricken 3.1916
Empress of Britain (M57) 11.11.1905 // 8.1914 Fairfield, Govan 14189 167.3x20.0 18 2VQE 8 - 120/ stricken 5.1915
Empress of Japan (M66) 13.12.1890 // 8.1914 Naval Constr & Armts, Barrow 5905 138.8x15.6 16 2VTE 8 - 120/ stricken 10.1915
Empress of Russia (M68) 28.8.1912 // 8.1914 Fairfield, Govan 16810 173.8x20.8 19 4turbines 8 - 120/ stricken 2.1916
Eskimo (M75) 9.4.1910 // 11.1914 Earle, Hull 3326 100.9x13.8 17 2VQE 4 - 152/, 2 - 57 stricken 7.1915
Gloucestershire (MI87, MI72, MI38) 7.7.1910 // 12.1915 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 8124 142.4x16.6 15 2VQE 8 - 152/, 2 - 47 stricken 7.1919
Hilary (M90) 31.3.1908 /.11.1914 Caledon SB, Dundee 6325 127.6x15.9 14 2VTE 8 - 152/, 2 - 57 sunk 25.5.1917
Hildebrand (M91, MI73, MI39) 14.2.1911 // 11.1914 Scotts, Greenock 6991 134.2x16.5 14 2VQE 8 - 120/, 2 - 57 stricken 7.1919
Himalaya (M67) 27.2.1892 // 8.1914 Caird, Greenock 6898 141.9x15.9 18 1VTE 8 - 120/ sold 4.1922
India (M81) 15.4.1896 // 3.1915 Caird, Greenock 7911 152.4x16.6 18 1VTE   sunk 8.8.1915
Kildonan Castle (MI74, MI34) 22.8.1899 // 3.1916 Fairfield, Govan 9652 157.1x18.0 16 2VQE 8 - 120/ stricken 1.1919
Kinfauns Castle (M64) 12.5.1899 // 8.1914 Fairfield, Govan 9664 157.1x18.0 16 2VQE 8 - 120/ stricken 9.1915
Laconia (M70, MI75) 27.7.1911 // 10.1914 Swan Hunter, Wallsend 18099 183.1x21.7 17 2VQE 8 - 152/ storeship 3.1916
Laurentic (M71) 10.9.1908 // 10.1914 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 14892 167.8x20.5 16 3VTE/turbines 8 - 152/, 2 - 57 sunk 25.1.1917
Lusitania 7.6.1906 // 8.1914 John Brown, Clydebank 31550 232.3x26.8 25 4turbines   released 1914
Macedonia (M59, MI76) 9.7.1903 // 8.1914 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 10511 161.7x18.4 18 2VQE 8 - 120/, later 8 - 152/ stricken 11.1918
Mantua (M51, MI77, MI40) 10.2.1909 // 8.1914 Caird, Greenock 10885 164.6x18.7 16.5 2VQE 8 - 120/, 2 - 57 stricken 12.1919
Marmora (M58, MI78, MI41) 9.4.1903 // 8.1914 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 10509 161.7x18.4 17 2VQE 8 - 120/ sunk 23.7.1918
Mauretania (MI57) 20.9.1906 // 8.1914 Swan Hunter, Wallsend 31938 232.3x26.8 25 4turbines   released 1914, again in commission 1.1918 - 1919
Moldavia (MI64, MI79, MI42) 28.3.1903 // 11.1915 Caird, Greenock 9500 158.7x17.8 16.5 2VTE 8 - 152/, 2 - 57 sunk 23.5.1918
Morea (MI80, MI43) 15.8.1908 // 3.1916 Barclay Curle, Whiteinch 10890 164.6x18.7 18 2VQE 4 - 152/ stricken 10.1919
Motagua (ex-Emil L. Boas) (MI84, MI81, MI44) 25.10.1912 // 11.1914 Swan Hunter, Wallsend 6014 125.2x15.6 16 2VTE 6 - 152/, 2 - 47 stricken 12.1919
Naldera (MI58) 29.12.1917 // 5.1918 Caird, Greenock 15825 177.2x20.5 18.5 2VQE 8 - 152/, 2 - 57 stricken 3.1919
Narkunda (MI48) 25.4.1918 // --- Harland & Wolff, Belfast 16227 177.2x21.2 17 2VQE   conversion stopped 12.1918
Oceanic 14.1.1899 // 8.1914 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 17274 209.0x20.8 19 2VTE 8 - 120/ wrecked 8.9.1914
Olympic (MI25) 20.10.1910 // --- Harland & Wolff, Belfast 46359 259.8x28.2 21 3VTE/turbines   taken up 1914 and released, taken up again 3.1917, never commissioned
Ophir (M92, MI82) 11.4.1891 // 1.1915 Napier, Govan 6910 141.7x16.3 18 2VTE 8 - 152/ sold 8.1921
Orama (M61) 28.6.1911 // 9.1914 John Brown, Clydebank 12927 167.9x19.6 18 3VTE/turbines 8 - 152/ sunk 19.10.1917
Orbita (MIA1, MI84, MI59) 7.7.1914 // 7.1915 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 15678 167.7x20.5 15 3VTE/turbines 6 - 152/ stricken 8.1919
Orcoma (M86, MI85, MI46) 2.4.1908 // 3.1915 Beardmore, Dalmuir 11533 155.9x19.0 15 2VQE 6 - 152/, 2 - 57 stricken 10.1919
Oropesa (M88) 29.11.1894 // 11.1914 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 5317 128.3x14.9 15.5 2VTE 6 - 152/, 2 - 47 to France 12.1915-7/1917 (Champagne), sunk 9.10.1917
Orotava (M80, MI86, MI47) 15.6.1889 // 11.1914 Naval Constr & Armts, Barrow 5857 131.1x15.0 16.5 1VTE 5 - 152/, 2 - 57 troopship 1.1919
Orvieto (N76, MI25) 6.7.1909 // 5.1916 Workman Clark, Belfast 12130 163.2x19.5 18 2VQE 8 - 152/, 2 - 57 stricken 10.1919
Osiris 6.6.1898 // 8.1914 Caird, Greenock 1728 91.6x11.3 22 2VTE   stricken 10.1914
Otranto (M60, MI87) 27.3.1909 // 8.1914 Workman Clark, Belfast 12124 163.2x19.5 18 2VQE 8 - 120/, later 8 - 152/ collision 5.10.1918
Otway (M73, MI88) 21.11.1908 // 11.1914 Fairfield, Govan 12077 163.4x19.3 18 2VQE 8 - 152/, 2 - 57 sunk 23.7.1917
Patia (M76, MI89, MI48) 28.1.1913 // 11.1914 Workman Clark, Belfast 6103 127.2x16.2 14 2VTE 6 - 152/, 2 - 47 sunk 13.6.1918
Patuca (M77, MI90, MI49) 26.4.1913 // 11.1914 Workman Clark, Belfast 6103 127.2x16.2 14 2VTE 6 - 152/, 2 - 47 kite balloon ship 1917
Princess (MI57, MI91) 1905 // 1.1916 Germania, Kiel, Germany 8689 143.7x16.9 14.5 2VQE 8 - 152/, 2 - 57 stricken 9.1917
Teutonic (M52, MI93, MI50) 19.1.1889 // 9.1914 Harland & Wolff, Belfast 9984 172.4x17.6 20 2VTE 8 - 152/, 2 - 57 BU 1922
Victorian (M56, MI94, MI51) 25.8.1904 // 8.1914 Workman Clark, Belfast 10629 158.5x18.4 18 3turbines 8 - 120/, later 6 - 152/ stricken 1.1920
Viknor (ex-The Viking) (M82) 22.9.1888 // 11.1914 Napier, Govan 5366 128.4x15.2 15 1VTE   sunk 18.1.1915
Virginian (M72, MI95, MI52) 22.12.1904 // 11.1914 Stephen, Linthouse 10754 158.6x18.4 18 3turbines 8 - 120/, 2 - 57, later 8 - 152/, 2 - 57 stricken 1.1920


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Project history

merchant vessels converted to minesweepers.

Modernizations

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Naval service

Format of date including day/month/year means loss of the vessel. Format of date containing month/year means return to owner or conversion to miscellaneous vessel. Alcantara was sunk 29.2.1916 in action with German AMC Greif in the North Sea. Avenger was sunk 14.6.1917 by German submarine U69 in the North Atlantic. Bayano was sunk 11.3.1915 by German submarine U27 off Corsewall Point, near Stranraer. Calgarian was sunk 1.3.1918 by German submarine U29 off Rathlin Island. Clan MacNaughton was mined 3.2.1915 in the North Atlantic. Hilary was sunk 25.5.1917 by German submarine U88 W of the Shetlands. India was sunk 8.8.1915 by German submarine U22 off Norway. Laurentic was mined 25.1.1917 off Northern Ireland. Marmora was sunk 23.7.1918 by German submarine UB64 S of Ireland. Moldavia was sunk 23.5.1918 by German submarine UB57 off Brighton. Oceanic wrecked 8.9.1914 on Foula, Shetlands. Orama was sunk 19.10.1917 by German submarine U62 S of Ireland. Oropesa was sunk 9.10.1917 by German submarine U96 off Dundrum Bay, County Down. Otranto was driven ashore 5.10.1918 off Islay after collision with s/s Kashmir. Otway was sunk 23.7.1917 by German submarine UC49 near Rona. Patia was sunk 13.6.1918 by German submarine UC49 in the Bristol Channel. Viknor was mined 18.1.1915 N of Ireland.