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Kingfisher-class sloop
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<p>The <i>Kingfisher</i> class was a <a href="/facts/Ship_class/mmmaWnbe">class</a> of nine <a href="/facts/Sloop-of-war/LKXBvGkw">patrol sloops</a> of the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">British</a> <a href="/facts/Royal_Navy/Xdy8YCH7">Royal Navy</a> built in three groups of three each during the 1930s, that saw service during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>, mainly on East Coast convoys in the <a href="/facts/North_Sea/htGJNmsb">North Sea</a>. </p>