#HALCYON CLASS LIGHT CRUISER FULL#

Leda was torpedoed and sunk in the Greenland Sea on 29 September 1942 while escorting Convoy QP 14.

Cubison, DSC and Bar) was lost off Iceland on 5 July 1942 while escorting Convoy QP 13, when part of the convoy wandered into a British minefield. Gossamer was dive-bombed and sunk on 26 June 1942 in the Kola Inlet. Crease), having escorted the very first Arctic convoy, attacked a German U-boat while escorting Convoy PQ 11, and helped rescue the crew of the cruiser Edinburgh. Four Halcyons were lost during this period. Several spent extended periods working out of Soviet naval bases in Northern Russia, such as Murmansk. Halcyons accompanied most of the Arctic convoys, serving both as minesweepers and anti-submarine escorts. Halcyons were pressed into service as anti-submarine escorts this task slowly decreasing as the ships specifically designed for this task, such as Flower-class corvettes, came off the slips.

Eyewitness William Stone said 'she just disappeared'. On board Skipjack were between 250 and 300 soldiers just rescued from the Dunkirk beaches during Operation Dynamo. Proudfoot, RN) was attacked and sunk by a force of German dive bombers off De Panne, Belgium on 1 June 1940. The Commanding Officer and forty of the men were killed in the explosion. The wreck was later washed ashore north of Lybster and was sold for scrap. She remained afloat and was taken in tow by Halcyon but steadily flooded and capsized and sank. A bomb pierced the fo'c'sle deck and exploding destroying the fore part of the ship. Taylor, RN) was sweeping an area 15 miles (24 km) north of Kinnaird Head when attacked by enemy aircraft. Halcyons served in Home waters, at Dunkirk, on Arctic convoy duty, and in the Mediterranean Sea. Seagull had the first all-welded hull built for the Royal Navy. They were all re-armed and deployed in their original role on the outbreak of war. Gleaner, Franklin, Jason and Scott were completed as unarmed survey vessels, Sharpshooter and Seagull being converted to follow suit. The turbine ships used the same shorter hulls as Niger and Salamander, but with lower installed power, speed dropped back to 16.5 knots (31 km/h). As a result of the increased installed power they had a half knot speed advantage, even though they used slightly shorter hulls. Niger and Salamander of the reciprocating group used vertical triple expansion engines, instead of the vertical compound engines of their sisters.

They were generally smaller versions of the Grimsby-class escort sloops. There were 21 ships in the Halcyon class, built in two groups the first using reciprocating steam engines, with steam turbines in the latter. They were given traditional small ship names used historically by the Royal Navy and served during World War II. The Halcyon class was a class of 21 oil-fired minesweepers (officially, 'fleet minesweeping sloops') built for the British Royal Navy between 19. Other characteristics as per Niger / Salamander

#HALCYON CLASS LIGHT CRUISER FULL#

1,290 - 1,350 tons (1,310 - 1,372 tonnes) full loadДў Г— Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers, Parsons steam turbines, 1,750 shp (1,305 kW) on 2 shafts.Other characteristics as per reciprocating ships 5 inch Mk.III (12.7 mm) Vickers machine guns, quad mount HA Mk.I 2 Г— QF 4 inch Mk.V (L/45 102 mm) guns, single mounts HA Mk.III.General characteristics ( Niger, Salamander) HMS Britomart secured to a buoy in Plymouth SoundДў Г— Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers, vertical compound reciprocating steam engines on 2 shafts, 1,770 ihpД§,200 nmi (13,330 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)

Halcyon class light cruiser