Castle Class – First World War – HMNZS James Cosgrove (6/ T10)

HMNZS James Cosgrove (6/T10)
Castle class minesweeper
HMS James Cosgrove
Admiralty Trawler, Castle Class – Ad No 3716
HMNZS James Cosgrove
Auxiliary Minesweeper – T.10
Boom Gate Vessel
Launched by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, Yard No: 332A, on 5/3/1918. Scuttled in 1952
360t light, 547t deep load.
125 ft 6in pp x 23ft 6in x 12ft 6in (depth of hold)
1 Shaft reciprocating VTE, 480 ihp, giving 10.5 knots
1 x 12 pdr
Crew 18 approx, depending on role

1919 sold as a mercantile, same name.
1922 Sanford Ltd
10/10/1939 commissioned in the RNZN as a Minesweeper based at Auckland with the First Group
14/11/1940 joined Group III based at Lyttelton as a Port Minesweeper
She then became part of the 96th Auxiliary Minesweeping Group, 25th Minesweeping Flotilla
1941 purchased by the RNZN
April 1944 converted to a BGV
1946 returned to Sanford Ltd