HMS Bluebell (1915)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bluebell.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Bluebell
Builder	Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock
Launched	24 July 1915
Fate	Sold on 26 May 1930
General characteristics
Class and type	Acacia-class minesweeping sloop
Displacement	1,200 tons
Length	250 ft (76 m) p/p 262 ft 6 in (80.01 m) o/a
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draught	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	1 × 4-cylinder triple expansion engine 2 × cylindrical boilers 1 screw
Speed	Designed for 1,400 or 1,800 hp to make 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph), but actually required about 2200 I.H.P. for this speed
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	77 men
Armament	Designed to mount 2 × 12-pounder (76 mm) guns and 2 × 3-pounder (47 mm) AA guns, but with wide variations

HMS Bluebell was an Acacia-class minesweeping sloop of the Royal Navy launched on 24 July 1915.[1][2]

The merchant vessel SS Libau (masquerading under the name Aud) was intercepted by Bluebell as she carried arms to Ireland for the Easter Rising in 1916.[3]

Fate

She was sold in May 1930.[2]

References

1. "Acacia class sloops, 1915". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
2. "HMS Bluebell". clydeships.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
3. "Black night in Ballykissane". The Kingdom. 13 April 2006. Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2008.

Bibliography

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.