Kil-class sloop

HMS Kildangan, pictured in 1918 with dazzle camouflage
Class overview
Builders	George Brown; Hall Russell; Smiths Dock; Cochrane; Cook, Welton & Gemmell
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	P class sloop
Built	1917-1919
Planned	85
Completed	55
Cancelled	30
General characteristics
Type	Sloop
Displacement	895 tons
Length	182 feet (55 m)
Beam	30 feet (9.1 m)
Draught	10.5 feet (3.2 m)
Propulsion	Machinery: 1400 IHP to 1 shaft
Speed	13 knots
Complement	57
Armament	1 x 4-inch (102mm) Up to 12 depth charges

The Kil class, were a class of sloops, also referred to as gunboats, built for the Royal Navy during the First World War.

Design

Similar to the 24 class sloop, the ships were built with a double ended design in order to confuse enemy observers who were trying to work out which direction the ships were due to travel in.

Ships

• Kilbeggan - built by George Brown, launched 1918
• Kilberry - built by George Brown, launched 1918
• Kilbirnie - built by George Brown, launched 1919. Floundered on 6 September 1920 on Seven Stones reef.
• Kilbride - built by Hall Russell, launched 1918
• Kilburn - built by Hall Russell, launched 1918
• Kilcavan - built by Hall Russell, launched 1918
• Kilchattan - built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, launched 1918
• Kilchreest - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Kilchrenan - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Kilchvan - built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, launched 1918
• Kilclaire - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Kilclief - built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, launched 1918
• Kilclogher - built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, launched 1918
• Kilcock - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Kildalkey - built by Cochrane, launched 1918
• Kildangan - built by Cochrane, launched 1918
• Kildare - built by Cochrane, launched 1918
• Kildary - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1917
• Kildavin - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Kildimo - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Kildonan - built by Cochrane, launched 1918
• Kildorough - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1917
• Kildorrey - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Kildress - built by Cochrane, launched 1918
• Kildwick - built by Cochrane, launched 1918
• Kildysart - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Kilfenora - built by Cochrane, launched 1917
• Kilfinny - built by Cochrane, launched 1918
• Kilfree - built by Cochrane, launched 1918
• Kilfullert - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Kilgarvin - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Kilgobnet - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1917
• Kilham - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Kilkeel - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Killena - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Killerig - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Killeney - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Killour - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Killowen - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Killybegs - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Killygordon - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Kilmalcolm - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Kilmacrennan - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Kilmaine - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Kilmallock - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Kilmanahan - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918
• Kilmarnock - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1919
• Killmartin - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1919
• Kilmead - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1919
• Kilmelford - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1919
• Kilmersdon - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1919
• Kilmington - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1919
• Kilmore - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1919
• Kilmuckridge - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1919
• Kilmun - built by Smiths Dock, launched 1918. Completed as a cable ship and renamed Rask, sank on 31 January 1950.

Thirty other ships were cancelled, fourteen were to be built by Cochrane, eleven by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, three by Hall Russell and two by Hawthorn Leslie.

References

Specific

General

• Cocker, Maurice (1985). Frigates, Sloops and Patrol Vessels of the Royal Navy (1900 to date). Kendal, England: Westmorland Gazette. pp. 26–27. ISBN 9780902272521.
• Rice, W. H. (1991). "South African Owned "Kil" Class Ships". Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies. 21 (4). Retrieved 16 June 2012.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)