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| History of
the Shoreham Class Sloops.
Developed from the Bridgewater Class Sloops, but
with a longer hull, Built at Chatham and Devonport, Dockyards, The
Shoreham Class Sloops, were laid down between 1929 and 1931. Eight
Sloops made up the Class, with HMS Shoreham being the first launched
followed by HMS Fowey, Bideford, Rochester, Dundee, Falmouth , Milford
and Weston.
After the war HMS Rochester became a tender to the
Navigation School, HMS Falmouth became the RNVR Calliope in 1952.
and HMS Fowey and HMS Shoreham were sold to the mercantile service.
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| Ships Name |
Launch Date |
Fate |
| HMS Bideford |
1st April 1931 |
Scrapped in 1949. |
| HMS Fowey |
4th November 1930 |
Sold for scrapping in 1946. |
| HMS Rochester |
16th July 1931 |
Scrapped in 1951. |
Shoreham class sloop HMS Rochester, launched
July 1931, scrapped 1951.
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HMS Rochester, 1947.
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large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced
from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright
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| HMS Shoreham |
22nd November 1930 |
Sold for scrapping in 1946. |
| HMS Dundee |
20th September 1932 |
Sunk on 15th September 1940 by German u-boat. |
HMS Dundee. Submitted by Carl Proctor |
| HMS Falmouth |
19th April 1932 |
Scrapped in 1968. |
| HMS Milford |
11th June 1932 |
Scrapped in 1949. |
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HMS Milford, July 1939.
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HMS Milford.
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| HMS Weston |
23rd July 1932 |
Scrapped in 1947. |
HMS Weston, one of the Shoreham Class sloops pictured in March 1937
at Malta.
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