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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

None.

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.