HMS Kilbride was a sloop of the Kil class which were also referred to as gunboats, built for the Royal Navy during the First World War.

The class were designed to be double-ended to confuse submarine observers, and were painted in dazzle camouflage.

[3] Eight men were court-martialled on charges of non-violent mutiny and sentenced to 90 days and two years hard labour followed by dismissal.

[4][5][page needed] Kilbride was sold on 14 February 1920 to Robinson, Brown & Joplin for conversion to civilian use and resale and was renamed Scotsgap.

By 1930, the ship was registered at Genoa as Nino di Gailura,[6] and she was renamed as Alfredo in 1933, by which time she had been re-engined with an oil engine.