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Ellesmere 1941 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Buttermere (ex-Kos XXV)	FY205	1062	Smiths Dock, South Bank		30.6.1939	10.1939	to USA 3.1942 - 10.1942 (Buttermere), sold 5.1946
Ellesmere (ex-Kos XXIV)	FY204	1061	Smiths Dock, South Bank		17.6.1939	10.1939	sunk 24.2.1945
Grassmere (ex-Kos XXVIII), 1940 - Wastwater	FY239	1065	Smiths Dock, South Bank		31.8.1939	11.1939	sold 5.1946
Thirlmere (ex-Kos XXVI)	FY206	1063	Smiths Dock, South Bank		5.7.1939	10.1939	sold 5.1946
Ullswater (ex-Kos XXIX)	FY252	1074	Smiths Dock, South Bank		31.8.1939	11.1939	sunk 9.11.1942
Windermere (ex-Kos XXVII)	FY207	1064	Smiths Dock, South Bank		21.7.1939	11.1939	sold 1947

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	560
Displacement full, t
Length, m	48.9
Breadth, m	8.46
Draught, m	4.65
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler
Power, h. p.	1400
Max speed, kts	13.8
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 1 x 1 - 12.7/62, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	35

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Project history

Minesweeping whalers, purchased by Admiralty on the stocks.

Modernizations

1942 - 1943, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 12.7/62; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, type 271 (some), type 290 (some) radars

Naval service

Ellesmere was sunk by German submarine U1203 and Ullswater by German MTB.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.