HMS Bluebell (1915)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Bluebell
Builder	Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock
Launched	24 July 1915
Fate	Sold on 26 May 1930
General characteristics
Class and type	Acacia-class minesweeping sloop
Displacement	1,200 tons
Length	250 ft (76 m) p/p; 262 ft 6 in (80.01 m) o/a;
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draught	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	1 × 4-cylinder triple expansion engine; 2 × cylindrical boilers; 1 screw;
Speed	Designed for 1,400 or 1,800 hp to make 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph), but actually required about 2200 I.H.P. for this speed
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	77 men
Armament	Designed to mount 2 × 12-pounder (76 mm) guns and 2 × 3-pounder (47 mm) AA guns, but with wide variations

HMS Bluebell was an Acacia-class minesweeping sloop of the Royal Navy launched on 24 July 1915.

The merchant vessel SS Libau (masquerading under the name Aud) was intercepted by Bluebell as she carried arms to Ireland for the Easter Rising in 1916.

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