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Admiralty-type drifters, wooden hull (1917-1920)

Blue Sky 1918

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Afterglow 3863   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1918 10.1918 sold 1921, minesweeper 1941-1944
Airpocket, 8.1919- Ambitious 3866   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1918 9.1918 sold 10.1920
Anticyclone 3865   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1918 12.1918 sold 9.1931
Astral 3864   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1918 8.1918 sold 10.1921
Atmosphere 3862   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1918 7.1918 sold 8.1921
Avalanche 3861   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1918 7.1918 sold 1926
Backwash 3869   Colby, Lowestoft   1917 7.1918 sold 8.1921
Black Frost 3871   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 9.1918 base ship Columbine 1925
Black Night 3872   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 11.1918 sold 10.1921
Blue Sky 3867   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 6.1918 foundered 12.6.1922
Bora 4111   Rose St. Foundry   --- --- cancelled 1919
Borealis 3868   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 7.1918 sold 1921
Cirrus 3873   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 9.1918 sold 1926
Cloudarch (ex-Twinkle)     Colby, Lowestoft   1919 8.1920 sold 1921
Cumulus 3874   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 9.1918 sold 10.1920
Darkness (non-standard) 3883   Fellows   1918 6.1918 base ship Columbine 11.1919
Daylight, 1920 - Tradewind     Fellows   1918 7.1918 sold 5.1921
Doldrum 4138   G. & T. Smith, Middlesbrough   1919 1.1920 // --- completed mercantile
Equinox (ex-Afterglow)     Ailsa, Troon     --- cancelled 1918
Etesian 3885 298 Fellows   1918 10.1918 sold 11.1920
Fair Weather 3891   Forbes, Sandhaven   25.3.1918 7.1918 sold 8.1920, patrol 1.1940-12/1945
Fiery Cross 3893   Forbes, Sandhaven   1918 8.1918 sold 1930
Fireball 3888   Fellows   1919 1.1920 sold 4.1920
Firelight 4154   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1919 11.1919 sold 2.1920
Firmament 3895   Forbes, Sandhaven   1918 11.1918 sold 8.1920
Flame 3894   Forbes, Sandhaven   1918 10.1918 sold 10.1920
Flat Calm (non-standard) 3890   Forbes, Sandhaven   1918 6.1918 sold 1920
Fleck 4155   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1919 10.1919 sold 10.1919
Floodtide 4156   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1920 1920 // --- completed mercantile
Flotsam 4157   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1919 10.1919 sold 10.1919
Flurry 4158   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1919 3.1920 sold 4.1920
Flush 4504   Wood, Newcastle   1919 3.1920 sold 4.1920
Flutter 4159   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1920 1920 // --- completed mercantile
Fogbank 4160   Clapson   1919 3.1920 sold 10.1920
Fogbow (non-standard) 3889   Forbes, Sandhaven   1918 6.1918 sold 1923
Fountain 4161 18 Clapson   1919 6.1920 sold 12.1920
Full Moon 3892   Forbes, Sandhaven   25.3.1918 7.1918 sold 1929
Glacier 3898   Forbes, Sandhaven   1918 12.1918 sold 12.1919
Glare 3902   Forbes   --- --- cancelled 1919
Gleam 3896   Forbes, Sandhaven   1918 5.1919 sold 1921
Glint 3899   Forbes, Sandhaven   1919 11.1919 sold 12.1919
Gloaming 3897   Forbes, Sandhaven   1919 6.1919 stranded 4.3.1921
Greek Fire 3901   Forbes, Sandhaven   1919 6.1920 // --- completed mercantile
Grey Sky 3900   Forbes, Sandhaven   1919 7.1920 // --- completed mercantile
Hailstorm 3982   Richards, Lowestoft   1918 10.1918 sold 10.1920
Haze 3903   Forbes, Sandhaven   --- --- cancelled 1919
Heat Wave 3983   Richards, Lowestoft   1918 12.1918 sold 1921
Hoarfrost 3904   Forbes, Sandhaven   --- --- cancelled 1919
Hurricane 3984   Richards, Lowestoft   1919 4.1919 // --- completed mercantile
Iceblink 3915 3 Jones Buckie   1919 2.1920 sold 5.1920
Imbat 3914 2 Jones Buckie   1918 11.1918 sold 9.1920
Iridescence (non-standard) 3913   Innes   1917 12.1917 sold 1926, examination vessel 4.1941-1943
Lop 4170   Courtney   1919 1.1920 sold 7.1920
Mackerel Sky 3928   Noble   1919 4.1919 sold 10.1920
Maelstrom 4171   Courtney   1919 3.1920 sold 6.1920
Midnight Sun (non-standard) 3930   Richards, Lowestoft   1918 5.1918 sold 1929
Milky Way 3929   Noble   1919 5.1920 // --- completed mercantile
Mistral 3985   Richards, Lowestoft   1919 7.1919 // --- completed mercantile
Moonlight 3996   Richards, Lowestoft   1919 1919 // --- completed mercantile
Moonrise 3987   Richards, Lowestoft   1919 1919 // --- completed mercantile
Nadir (non-standard) 3931   Richards, Lowestoft   1918 5.1918 sold 1921
Nightfall (non-standard) 3932   Richards, Lowestoft   4.7.1918 7.1918 sold 1921
Nimbus (non-standard) 3933   Richards, Lowestoft   1918 8.1918 sold 1921
Packice 3938   G. Smith Jr., Middlesbrough   1917 10.1918 sold 7.1920
Phase 3939   G. Smith Jr., Middlesbrough   1919 1.1920 // 1944 completed mercantile, minesweeper 1944-2/1946
Rainstorm 3992   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 10.1918 sold 1920
Ray (non-standard) 3945   A. Stephens, Linthouse   1917 10.1918 sold 10.1927
Red Sky 3941   A. Stephens, Linthouse   1918 11.1918 sold 7.1920, minesweeper 11.1939-1944
Reflection 3944   Stephen, Banff   --- --- cancelled 1919
Refraction 3942   A. Stephens, Linthouse   1918 6.1919 sold 12.1919, minesweeper 11.1939-3/1945
Reverberation     Colby, Lowestoft   1918 4.1919 // 8.1940 completed mercantile, patrol 8.1940-2/1945
Rift 3940   G. Smith Jr., Middlesbrough   7.1920 12.1920 // --- completed mercantile
Rime 3943   A. Stephens, Linthouse   1919 12.1919 sold 12.1919, minesweeper 12.1939-11/1945
Rising Sea 3993   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 10.1918 sold 1921
Runnel 3994   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 12.1918 sold 10.1920
St. Elmo`s Light 3957   Innes   1918 11.1919 sold 12.1919
Scend 3995   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 3.1919 sold 10.1920
Scour 3996   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 1.1919 sold 11.1920
Scud     Colby, Lowestoft   1919 5.1919 sold 1920
Setweather     Colby, Lowestoft   1918 10.1919 // --- completed mercantile
Shade     Colby, Lowestoft   1919 1.1920 // --- completed mercantile
Shadow 3947   Stevenson & Asher   1918 11.1918 sold 10.1920
Sheet Lightning 3956   Innes   1918 10.1918 sold 10.1920
Shimmer 3997   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 3.1919 sold 1921
Shooting Star (non-standard) 3972   Colby, Lowestoft   1918 6.1918 sold 1929
Silhouette 3870 54 Colby, Lowestoft   1918 8.1918 sold 3.1931
Silt 3960 34 Herd & Mackenzie, Findochty   1918 1.1919 sold 9.1920
Sirocco, 1920- Doubletide     Colby, Lowestoft   1919 6.1920 1921
Solstice 3959 33 Herd & Mackenzie, Findochty   1918 10.1918 sold 7.1920, minesweeper 11.1939-5/1943
Space (ex-Splash) 4101   Dunston   1920 10.1920 // --- completed mercantile
Spate 4000   Dunston   1918 7.1919 // --- completed mercantile
Spoondrift 4102   Rose St. Foundry   --- --- cancelled 1919
Springtide 4103   Jones   --- --- cancelled 1919
Spume 4104   Stephen, Banff   --- --- cancelled 1919
Squall 4105   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1918 10.1918 sold 1920
Starlight 3948   Stevenson & Asher   1918 2.1919 sold 9.1920
Stormcentre 4106   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1918 11.1918 sold 1922
Stormwrack 3946   Stevenson & Asher   7.8.1918 8.1918 sold 1927
Sunlight 4107   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1918 1.1919 sold 11.1920
Sunrise 3949   Stevenson & Asher   1919 10.1919 sold 10.1919
Sunspot 3961 35 Herd & Mackenzie, Findochty   1919 11.1920 sold 11.1920
Surge 4108   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1919 5.1919 // --- completed mercantile
Swell 4186   Routh & Waddingham   1919 6.1920 sold 12.1920
Swirl 4109   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1919 2.1919 sold 1921
Thaw 3953   Rose St. Foundry   1919 3.1920 sold 4.1920
Thunderbolt 3958   Innes   1919 4.1920 sold 4.1920
Tidal Range     Colby, Lowestoft   1920 4.1920 sold 1921
Tiderace 4187   Routh & Waddingham   --- --- cancelled 1919
Tiderip 4110   Chambers, Oulton Broad   1919 5.1919 // --- completed mercantile
Tropic 3952   Rose St. Foundry   1919 3.1919 sold 1922
Twinkle   71 Colby, Lowestoft   1919 8.1920 sold 8.1921
Vapour 4139   G. & T. Smith, Middlesbrough   1920 8.1920 // --- completed mercantile
Will O`the Wisp 3964   Kitto   1919 10.1920 // --- completed mercantile
Zenith 3985   Kitto   --- --- cancelled 1919
CD1, 11.1924- Ebbtide (RCN)   358 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 9.1917 sold 1946
CD2 (RCN)   359 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 1921
CD3 (RCN)   360 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 9.1917 sold 1921
CD4 (RCN)   361 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 1921
CD5 (RCN)   362 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 1921
CD6 (RCN)   363 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 1921
CD7 (RCN)   364 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 1921
CD8 (RCN)   365 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 12.1920
CD9 (RCN)   366 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 1920
CD10 (RCN)   367 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 1920
CD11 (RCN)   368 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 1921
CD12 (RCN)   369 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 12.1920
CD13 (RCN)   370 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 1920
CD14 (RCN)   371 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 1921
CD15 (RCN)   372 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 1921
CD16 (RCN)   373 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 1920
CD17 (RCN)   374 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11.1917 sold 1921
CD18 (RCN)   375 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11.1917 sold 1921
CD19 (RCN)   376 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11.1917 sold 1921
CD20 (RCN)   377 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11.1917 base ship 1918
CD21 (RCN)   378 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 9.1917 sold 1920
CD22 (RCN)   379 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11.1917 sold 1921
CD23 (RCN)   380 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11.1917 sold 1921
CD24 (RCN)   381 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11.1917 sold 1920
CD25 (RCN)   382 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11.1917 sold 1921
CD26 (RCN)   383 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11.1917 sold 1924
CD27 (RCN)   384 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11.1917 sold 1921
CD28 (RCN)   385 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11.1917 sold 1920
CD29 (RCN)   386 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1917 11.1917 sold 1920
CD30 (RCN)   387 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 7/1918 sold 9.1919
CD31 (RCN)   388 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 7/1918 sold 1920
CD32 (RCN)   389 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 7/1918 sold 1920
CD33 (RCN)   390 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 7/1918 sold 1920
CD34 (RCN)   391 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 7/1918 sold 1920
CD35 (RCN)   392 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 7/1918 sold 5.1919
CD36 (RCN)   393 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 7/1918 // --- loaned to USN, sold 1920
CD37 (RCN)   394 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 7/1918 sold 11.1920
CD38 (RCN)   395 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 7/1918 sold 1920
CD39 (RCN)   396 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 7/1918 sold 1920
CD40 (RCN)   397 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 7/1918 sold 1920
CD41 (RCN)   398 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 7/1918 // --- loaned to USN, sold 1920
CD42 (RCN)   399 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 7/1918 sold 1920
CD43 (RCN)   400 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 9/1918 sold 1920
CD44 (RCN)   401 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 8/1918 sold 1920
CD45 (RCN)   402 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 8/1918 sold 8.1919
CD46 (RCN)   403 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 7/1918 // --- loaned to USN, sold 9.1919
CD47 (RCN)   404 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 8/1918 sold 8.1919
CD48 (RCN)   405 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 7/1918 sold 1920
CD49 (RCN)   406 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 7/1918 sold 1920
CD50 (RCN)   407 Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada   1918 7/1918 // --- loaned to USN, sold 9.1919
CD51 (RCN)     Sorel SY, Canada   1918 9/1918 sold 1921
CD52 (RCN)     Sorel SY, Canada   1918 9/1918 sold 1920
CD53 (RCN)     Sorel SY, Canada   1917 11.1917 sold 1920
CD54 (RCN)     Sorel SB, Canada   1918 9/1918 foundered 4.10.1920
CD55 (RCN)     Sorel SB, Canada   1918 9/1918 sold 1920
CD56 (RCN)     Sorel SB, Canada   1918 9/1918 sold 1920
CD57 (RCN)     Sorel SB, Canada   1918 1918 lost before 8.1920
CD58 (RCN)     Sorel SB, Canada   1918 10/1918 sold 11.1920
CD59 (RCN)     Sorel SB, Canada   1918 10/1918 sold 1920
CD60 (RCN)     Sheppard, Sorel, Canada   1918 8/1918 sold 1920
CD61 (RCN)     Sheppard, Sorel, Canada   1918 10/1918 // --- loaned to USN, sold 1920
CD62 (RCN)     LeClaire, Sorel, Canada   1918 9/1918 sold 1920
CD63 (RCN)     LeClaire, Sorel, Canada   1918 9/1918 sold 1920
CD64 (RCN)     LeClaire, Sorel, Canada   1918 9/1918 sold 1920
CD65 (RCN)     LeClaire, Sorel, Canada   1918 8/1918 // --- loaned to USN, sold 1920
CD66 (RCN)     LeClaire, Sorel, Canada   1918 9/1918 sold 1920
CD67 (RCN)     LeClaire, Sorel, Canada   1918 10/1918 // --- loaned to USN, sold 1920
CD68 (RCN)     Sheppard, Sorel, Canada   1917 11.1917 sold 1920
CD69 (RCN)     Sheppard, Sorel, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 1920
CD70 (RCN)     Sheppard, Sorel, Canada   1918 9/1918 sold 1920
CD71 (RCN), 1923- Eventide   27 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 1926
CD72 (RCN), 1923- Floodtide   28 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 1926
CD73 (RCN)   29 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1917 11.1917 sold 1920
CD74 (RCN), 1921- Seagull   30 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 1921
CD75 (RCN)   31 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1917 10.1917 sold 1926
CD76 (RCN)   32 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 8/1918 sold 1920
CD77 (RCN)   33 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 8/1918 sold 1920
CD78 (RCN)   34 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 10/1918 // --- loaned to USN, sold 11.1920
CD79 (RCN)   35 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 7/1918 sold 1920
CD80 (RCN)   36 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 8/1918 sold 1920
CD81 (RCN)   37 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 8/1918 sold 1920
CD82, 7.1919- Onyx (RCN)   38 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 8/1918 foundered 21.3.1947
CD83 (RCN)   39 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 8/1918 sold 1920
CD84 (RCN)   40 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 8/1918 sold 1920
CD85 (RCN)   41 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 7/1918 sold 1920
CD86 (RCN)   42 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 8/1918 foundered 11.10.1920
CD87 (RCN)   43 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1917 11.1917 foundered 12.10.1920
CD88 (RCN)   44 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 9/1918 foundered 25.7.1920
CD89 (RCN)   45 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 8/1918 sold 1920
CD90 (RCN)   46 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 8/1918 sold 1920
CD91 (RCN)   47 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 8/1918 sold 1920
CD92 (RCN)   48 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 8/1918 sold 1920
CD93 (RCN)   49 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 8/1918 foundered 27.8.1920
CD94 (RCN)   50 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 8/1918 // --- loaned to USN, sold 11.1920
CD95 (RCN)   51 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 9/1918 sold 1920
CD96 (RCN)   52 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada   1918 10/1918 // --- loaned to USN, sold 1920
CD97 (RCN)     Harbour Commissioners, Montreal, Canada   1918 10/1918 // --- loaned to USN, sold 1920
CD98 (RCN)     Harbour Commissioners, Montreal, Canada   1918 10/1918 // --- loaned to USN, sold 1920
CD99 (RCN)     Harbour Commissioners, Montreal, Canada   1918 10/1918 // --- loaned to USN, sold 1920
CD100 (RCN)     Harbour Commissioners, Montreal, Canada   1918 10/1918 // --- loaned to USN, sold 1920

 

Displacement normal, t

133

Displacement full, t

175

Length, m

28.7

Breadth, m

6.07

Draught, m

2.16

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

270

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

coal 35
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I/II or 1 x 1 - 57/42 6pdr Nordenfelt Mk I/II, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

  

Project history: Standard Admiralty design of drifter with wooden hull. Smallest of non-standard drifters, Ray, had 88BRT, the others non-standards averaged 95BRT.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Blue Sky foundered 12.6.1922 off the Thames estuary. Gloaming stranded 4.3.1921 near the Lizard. CD54 foundered 4.10.1920 on passage to the UK. CD57 was lost at sea before August 1920. Onyx foundered 21.3.1947. CD86 and CD87 foundered respectively 11.10.1920 and 12.10.1920 on passage to the UK. CD88 foundered 25.7.1920 on passage to the UK. CD93 foundered 27.8.1920 on passage to the UK.

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

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