HMS ''Saltburn'' was a built for the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...
during
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
. Named after the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, commonly referred to as Saltburn, is a seaside town in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, around south-east of Hartlepool and southeast of Redcar.
It lies within the historic boundaries of the North Ridin ...
in
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...
, she was not completed until after the end of the war. The ship saw no active service during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
as she spent the war as a
training ship
A training ship is a ship used to train students as sailors. The term is mostly used to describe ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old hulks used to house class ...
. ''Saltburn'' was sold for
scrap in 1946, but was wrecked while under tow.
''Saltburn'' was built by
Murdoch and Murray of
Port Glasgow and her
keel
The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a vessel. On some sailboats, it may have a hydrodynamic and counterbalancing purpose, as well. As the laying down of the keel is the initial step in the construction of a ship, in Br ...
was laid down on 29 January 1918. She was launched on 9 October 1918 and completed on 31 December 1918. The ship was armed with a British ordnance terms#QF, QF gun forward and a 12-pounder gun, QF 12-pounder Anti-aircraft warfare, anti-aircraft gun aft.
In the 1930s, ''Saltburn'' was the RN Signal School's tender. A prototype Type 79 radar, Type 79X radar was installed in October 1936 and its antennas were strung between the ship's masts. They detected an aircraft at an altitude of and a range of during tests in July 1937. The ship spent World War II as the tender for , the Royal Navy's navigation school.
After the war, ''Saltburn'' ran aground off Horse Sand Fort on 26 October 1945 and was declared a constructive total loss. She was sold for scrap on 16 November 1946, but was wrecked off Hartland Point the following month while under tow.
[Lenton, p. 251.]
Notes
References
*
*
External links
Chronologies of War Service of Royal Navy WarshipsClydebuilt Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saltburn, HMS
Hunt-class minesweepers (1916)
1918 ships
Maritime incidents in October 1945
Maritime incidents in 1946