HMS ''Kinross'' was a of the

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. ''Kinross'' was a member of the Admiralty's modified design of Hunt-class minesweepers, which are known variously as the ''Aberdare'' class or ''Aberdare'' group.

Loss

At the time of her loss HMS ''Kinross was serving with the Mediterranean Fast Minesweeper Flotilla.

Casualties

12 members of the ships company were lost, with most casualties incurred in the ships engine & boiler rooms.

References

* Hunt-class minesweepers (1916) Royal Navy ship names 1918 ships Ships built on the River Clyde 1918 in Scotland Maritime incidents in 1919 Ships sunk by mines Shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea {{UK-minesweeper-stub fi:HMS Aberdare