Trawlers of the Royal Navy
This is an accounting of the naval trawlers, purpose built or requisitioned, operated by the Royal Navy mainly during World War I and World War II. Vessels purpose built to Admiralty specifications for RN use were known as Admiralty trawlers. All trawlers operated by RN, regardless of origin, were typically given the prefix HMT, which stood for "His Majesty's Trawler".
Summary
First World War
| Class[1] | Builder | Dates | Built | Lost | Dspl (tons) |
Length (feet) |
Power (ihp) |
Speed (kts) |
Crew | Armament |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mersey | Cochrane | 11[2] | 2 | 438 | 148 | 600 | 11 | 20 | 2x3in guns | |
| Castle | Smith's Dock | 145 | 360 | 18 | ||||||
| Strath | Hall Russell | 311 | 18 | |||||||
Second World War
| Class[3] | Builder | Dates | Built | Lost | Dspl (tons) |
Length (feet) |
Power (ihp) |
Speed (kts) |
Crew | Armament |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Basset | 18[4] | - | 460 | 12 | 33 | 3in gun | ||||
| Tree | 20[5] | 6 | 530 | 164 | 850 | 11.5 | 35 | 12pdr gun, 2x.5in, 2xtwin MG | ||
| Dance | 20[6] | 1 | 530 | 161 | 850 | 11.5 | 35 | 4in gun, 3x20mm | ||
| Shakespearian | 12[7] | 3 | 545 | 164 | 950 | 12 | 35 | 12pdr gun, 3x20mm | ||
| Isles | 112[8] | 12 | 545 | 164 | 850 | 12 | 40 | 12pdr gun, 3x20mm | ||
| Portuguese | CUF (Lisbon) Arsenal do Alfeite (Lisbon) Mónica (Aveiro) |
12[9] | 550 | 11 | 30 | 12pdr gun | ||||
| Brazilian | 680 | 12.5 | 40 | |||||||
| Castle | 625 | 10 | 32 | |||||||
| Hills | 8[10] | 2 | 750 | 181 | 970 | 11 | 35 (40?) | 12pdr gun, 3x20mm | ||
| Fish | 8[11] | 1 | 670 | 167 | 700 | 11 | 35 | 4in gun, 3x20mm | ||
| Round Table | 8[12] | - | 440 | 137 | 600 | 12 | 35 | 12pdr gun, 1x20mm, 2xMG | ||
| Military | 9[13] | - | 750 | 193 | 1000 | 11 | 40 | 4in gun, 4x20mm | ||
| Requisitioned | 215[14] | 72 | These were ships taken over by the Admiralty |
Requisitioned trawlers
There were also 215 trawlers of no specific class[15] These were commercial trawlers taken over by the Admiralty. The Royal Navy classified requisitioned trawlers by manufacturer, although such classes were more diverse than traditional naval classifications. Seventy-two requisitioned trawlers were lost.
See also
- Auxiliary Patrol
- Royal Naval Patrol Service
- Anti-submarine warfare
- List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy
- List of requisitioned trawlers of the Royal Navy (WWII)
- Minesweepers of the Royal New Zealand Navy
References
- Notes
- ↑ A/S Trawlers (uboat.net)
- ↑ Mersey class trawler
- ↑ A/S Trawlers (uboat.net)
- ↑ Basset class trawler
- ↑ Tree class trawler
- ↑ Dance class trawler
- ↑ Shakespearian class trawler
- ↑ Isles class trawler
- ↑ Portuguese class naval trawler
- ↑ Hills class trawler
- ↑ Fish class trawler
- ↑ Round class trawler
- ↑ Military class trawler
- ↑ No specific class trawler
- ↑ uboat.net - Allied Warships - ASW Trawlers
- Reading List
- Cocker, M P (1993) Mine Warfare Vessels of the Royal Navy - 1908 to date. Airlife Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85310-328-5
- Lund, Paul and Ludlam, Harry (1971) The Trawlers go to War ISBN 978-0-572-00768-3
- Lund, Paul and Ludlam, Harry (1978) Out Sweeps! - The Story of the Minesweepers in World War II. New English Library Ltd ISBN 978-0-450-04468-7
- McKee, Alexander (1973) The Coal-Scuttle Brigade : The splendid, dramatic story of the Channel convoys. New English Library ASIN B000RTAX2Y
- RNPS Book list
- Royal Naval Patrol Service Booklist
- Books about the RNPS
External links
- A/S Trawlers (uboat.net)>
- The Trawlers go to War
- The Battle of Mesco Point
- The Dover Convoys
- The 'Art' of Minesweeping
- Naval Trawlers
- Trawlers lost in the Namsen Fjord
- The Loss of HMT Cap d'Antifer
- The Loss of the Rutlandshire
- HM Trawler Orfasy
- List of all trawlers lost during WW2
- Memorial site to a trawler skipper
- HMS Almond Memorial Site
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