HMS Cupar

HMS Cupar was a Hunt-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy during World War I. Completed in 1918, the ship sank after striking a mine in 1919.

Design and description

The Aberdare sub-class were enlarged versions of the original Hunt-class ships with a more powerful armament. The ships displaced at normal load and at full load. They measured long overall with a beam of and a draught of. The ships' complement consisted of 74 officers and ratings.
The ships had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft using steam provided by two Yarrow boilers. The engines produced a total of and gave a maximum speed of. They carried a maximum of of coal which gave them a range of at.
The Aberdare sub-class was armed with a quick-firing (QF) gun forward of the bridge and a QF twelve-pounder anti-aircraft gun aft. Some ships were fitted with QF six-pounder () Hotchkiss guns or QF three-pounder () Hotchkiss guns in lieu of the twelve-pounder.

Construction and career

Cupar, the first ship of her name in the Royal Navy, was built by A McMillan & Son with the name of Rosslare at their shipyard in Dumbarton, Scotland. The ship was renamed Cupar in 1918 and launched on 27 March 1918. She sank off the Tyne after striking a mine on 5 May 1919.