HMS Dartmoor (MS-1917)

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For some unknown reason the Royal Navy seems to have forgotten just how much of a problem the enemies offensive minelaying caused shipping round the coasts of Britain. In an ideal timeline you need to have all of your major coastal ports with 3-4 minesweepers each, each coastal convoy should have 2-3 sweeping in the van. Just those 2 events requires a lot of minesweepers. The RN built precisely 18 between 1919 and 1939 while it scrapped dozens because of their age. The RN was left with a severe shortage come the outbreak of WW2 and ships like Dartmoor and her sisters with suddenly no longer a laughing stock but worth their weight in gold.

The ships of the various Hunt types started with differing armaments but during the 1930's this was standardised with fitting a single 4" DP mounting for and aft with two pairs of 20mm amidships. Various other bits of armament were added most were unofficial with machineguns appearing on odd mountings to give more AA weaponry.

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