Ailsa Shipbuilding Company

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Ailsa Shipbuilding Company was a Scottish shipbuilding company located at Ayrshire.

History

Founded in 1885, the yard would build minesweepers for the Royal Navy in the Great War.

Shipbuilding

Ship Type Launched Fate
H.M.S. Aphis gunboat 15 Sep, 1915 Sold 1947
H.M.S. Bee gunboat 8 Dec, 1915 Sold 1939
H.M.S. Cricket gunboat 16 Dec, 1915 Mined Jun, 1941
H.M.S. Ascot paddle minesweeper 26 Jan, 1916 Torpedoed 10 Nov, 1918
H.M.S. Atherstone paddle minesweeper 4 Apr, 1916 Sold 12 Aug, 1927
H.M.S. Chelmsford paddle minesweeper 16 Jun, 1916 Sold 25 Nov, 1927
H.M.S. Belvoir minesweeper 8 Mar, 1917 Sold 1922
H.M.S. Bicester minesweeper 8 Jun, 1917 Sold early 1923
H.M.S. Banbury paddle minesweeper 19 Dec, 1917 Sold 14 Sep, 1923
H.M.S. Harpenden paddle minesweeper 26 Feb, 1918 Broken up Apr, 1928
H.M.S. Aberdare minesweeper 29 Apr, 1918 Sold 13 Mar, 1947
H.M.S. Abingdon minesweeper 11 Jun, 1918 Bombed 5 Apr, 1942
H.M.S. Leamington minesweeper 26 Aug, 1918 Sold 19 May, 1928
H.M.S. Albury minesweeper 21 Nov, 1918 Sold 13 Mar, 1947
H.M.S. Alresford minesweeper 17 Jan, 1919 Sold 13 Mar, 1947
H.M.S. Beaufort minesweeper 21 Feb, 1919 Sold 30 Jun, 1938
H.M.S. Collinson minesweeper 30 Apr, 1919 Sold 25 Oct, 1922
H.M.S. Appledore minesweeper 15 Aug, 1919 Sold 16 Oct, 1920

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