page_title: Egret-class sloop
hierarchical_section_title: Egret-class sloop
caption_attribution_description: Photograph of British Egret class sloop HMS Auckland underway off Spithead.
context_page_description: The Egret-class sloops were a three ship class of a long-range escort vessels used in the Second World War by the Royal Navy. They were an enlarged version of the Bittern class with an extra twin 4-inch gun mounting. They were fitted with Denny Brown stabilisers and the Fuze Keeping Clock anti-aircraft fire control system.
context_section_description: The Egret-class sloops were a three ship class of a long-range escort vessels used in the Second World War by the Royal Navy. They were an enlarged version of the Bittern class with an extra twin 4-inch gun mounting. They were fitted with Denny Brown stabilisers and the Fuze Keeping Clock anti-aircraft fire control system.
caption: HMS Auckland in January 1939
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