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HMS ''Bridgewater'' (L01) was a built by Hawthorne Leslie, Newcastle on 19 September 1927. ==Construction and design== HMS ''Bridgewater'' was ordered from Hawthorne Leslie on 19 September 1927, one of two ''Bridgwater''-class sloops ordered from Hawthorn Leslie that day.〔Hague 1993, p. 6.〕 The ''Bridgewater''s were intended as replacements for the Flower-class sloops, and were to combine the role of peacetime patrol work at distant overseas stations (with the ''Bridgewater''s being specifically intended for service in the Persian Gulf) with a wartime role as minesweepers.〔Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 55.〕〔Hague 1993, pp. 10–11.〕 ''Bridgewater'' was long overall〔Hague 1993, p. 23.〕 and between perpendiculars,〔Parkes 1931, p. 76.〕 with a beam of and a draught of .〔 Displacement was standard and full load.〔 Two Admiralty three-drum boilers fed steam turbines, producing and driving two propeller shafts, giving a design speed of .〔〔 Main gun armament was two QF 4 inch Mk V naval guns on the ship's centreline, one forward and one aft, with the forward gun on a high-angle mount, capable of anti-aircraft fire and the second gun on a low angle mount, for anti-surface use only. Two 3-pounder saluting guns were also carried, while anti-submarine armament consisted initially of four depth charges.〔〔 The ship's crew consisted of 96 officers and men.〔Brown 2007, p. 24.〕 ''Bridgewater'' was laid down at Hawthorne Leslie's Tyneside shipyard on 6 February 1928 and was launched, without ceremony, on 14 September 1928.〔〔 ''Bridgewater'' reached a speed of during sea trials and was commissioned on 14 March 1929.〔 In 1938, the aft 4 inch gun was replaced by one on a high-angle mounting and the two saluting guns were removed, allowing two quadruple Vickers .50 machine gun mounts to be fitted.〔 By the outbreak of the Second World War, the ship had been fitted with Sonar, and the depth charge outfit increased to 15 charges.〔〔Brown 2007, p. 23.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Bridgewater (L01)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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