Sloops

Banff class

4 ships

Type	Sloop
Displacement	1700 BRT
Length
Complement
Armament	5in guns 8 0,5" machine guns (4x2) Depth charge throwers
Max speed	16 knots
Notes on class	Following the exchange of fifty old destroyers, ten United States Coast Guard cutters were loaned to the Royal Navy and reclassified as escort sloops. These 1700 ton sloops built between 1927 and 1931 were among the largest convoy escorts. These 16 knot sloops were slightly slower than surfaced U-boats, but their 5"/51 guns might persuade an evading U-boat to submerge. HMS Hartland and Walney were expended in a commando operation at Oran during the 8 November 1942 invasion of North Africa. Surviving ships were returned to the United States Coast Guard in 1946.

All ships of the Banff class:

Royal Navy (more on Royal Navy)

HMS Banff (Y 43) (ex. USCG Saranac)
HMS Culver (Y 87) (lost 31 Jan 1942)
HMS Fishguard (Y 59)
HMS Gorleston (Y 92) (ex. USCG Itasca)
HMS Hartland (Y 00) (lost 8 Nov 1942)
HMS Landguard (Y 56) (ex. USCG Shoshone)
HMS Lulworth (Y 60) (ex. USCG Chelan)
HMS Sennen (Y 21) (ex. USCG Champlain)
HMS Totland (Y 88) (ex. USCG Cayuga)
HMS Walney (Y 04) (lost 8 Nov 1942)

3 Sloopss of the Banff class lost.

Banff class ships hit by U-boats (1)
31 Jan 1942	HMS Culver	Sunk	U-105