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Trawlers of the Royal Navy

{{Short description|List of trawlers of the Royal Navy}}

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Naval trawlers were purpose-built or requisitioned and operated by the Royal Navy (RN), mainly during World Wars I and II. Vessels built to Admiralty specifications for RN use were known as Admiralty trawlers. All trawlers operated by the RN, regardless of origin, were typically given the prefix HMT, for "His Majesty's Trawler".

Summary

=First World War=

class="wikitable"
Class{{Cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/ships/trawlers.htm|title=Anti-Submarine Trawlers - Fighting the U-boats - uboat.net|website=uboat.net}}

! Builders

! Dates

! Built

! Lost

! Dspl
(tons)

! Length
(feet)

! Power
(ihp)

! Speed
(kts)

! Crew

! Armament

{{sclass2|Mersey|Trawler|5}} Admiralty trawler

| Cochrane

Lobnitz

Ferguson

Goole Shipbuilders

| 1917–1919

| 112{{Harvnb|Dittmar|Colledge|1972|p=155}}

|

| 438

| 148

| 600

| 11

| up to 20

| usually one QF 12-pdr 12 cwt gun

Castle

| Smith's Dock

and others

|

| 145

|

| 360

|

|

|

| 18

|

Strath

| Hall Russell

|

| 167{{sfn|Gardiner|1986|p=130}}

|

| 311

|

|

|

| 18

|

The trawler Viola, built in 1906 at Hull and requisitioned September 1914 is the oldest surviving steam trawler in the world. She is currently beached at Grytviken in South Georgia, though there are plans to return her to Hull.{{Cite web|last=Blower|first=Janis|date=19 May 2015|title=World War One-era steam trawler remembered on stamp - Shields Gazette|url=https://www.shieldsgazette.com/lifestyle/nostalgia/world-war-one-era-steam-trawler-remembered-on-stamp-1-7268368|url-status=live|archive-date=4 January 2017|access-date=15 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104001225/https://www.shieldsgazette.com/lifestyle/nostalgia/world-war-one-era-steam-trawler-remembered-on-stamp-1-7268368}}

=Second World War=

class="wikitable"
Class

! Builder

! Dates

! Built

! Lost

! Dspl
(tons)

! Length
(feet)

! Power
(ihp)

! Speed
(kts)

! Crew

! Armament

*Basset

|

|

| 18{{Cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=412|title=Basset class MS Trawlers - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net}}

| -

| 460

|

|

| 12

| 33

| 3 in gun

Tree

|

|

| 20{{Cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=337|title=Tree class MS Trawlers - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net}}

| 6

| 530

| 164

| 850

| 11.5

| 35

| 12-pdr gun, 2 × .5 in, 2 × twin MG

Dance

|

|

| 20{{Cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=328|title=Dance class ASW Trawlers - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net}}

| 1

| 530

| 161

| 850

| 11.5

| 35

| 4 in gun, 3 × 20 mm

Shakespearian

|

|

| 12{{Cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=338|title=Shakespearian class MS Trawlers - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net}}

| 3

| 545

| 164

| 950

| 12

| 35

| 12-pdr gun, 3 × 20 mm

Isles

|

|

| 112{{Cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=339|title=Isles class MS Trawlers - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net}}

| 12

| 545

| 164

| 850

| 12

| 40

| 12-pdr gun, 3 × 20 mm

Portuguese

| CUF (Lisbon)
Arsenal do Alfeite (Lisbon)
Mónica (Aveiro)

|

| 12{{Cite web|url=https://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/naval_trawlers.htm|title=Naval Trawlers, Admiralty trawlers|website=www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk}}

|

| 550

|

|

| 11

| 30

| 12-pdr gun

Brazilian

|

|

|

|

| 680

|

|

| 12.5

| 40

|

Castle

|

|

|

|

| 625

|

|

| 10

| 32

|

Hills

|

|

| 8{{Cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=330|title=Hill class ASW Trawlers - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net}}

| 2

| 750

| 181

| 970

| 11

| 35 (40?)

| 12-pdr gun, 3 × 20 mm

Fish

|

|

| 10{{Cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=329|title=Fish class ASW Trawlers - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net}}

| 1

| 670

| 167

| 700

| 11

| 35

| 4 in gun, 3 × 20 mm

Round Table

|

|

| 8{{Cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=136|title=Round Table class MS Trawlers - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net}}

| -

| 440

| 137

| 600

| 12

| 35

| 12-pdr gun, 1 × 20 mm, 2 × MG

Military

|

|

| 9{{Cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=331|title=Military class ASW Trawlers - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net}}

| -

| 750

| 193

| 1000

| 11

| 40

| 4 in gun, 4 × 20 mm

Requisitioned

|

|

| 215{{Cite web|url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=332|title=ASW Trawlers - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net}}

| 72

|

|

|

|

|

| These were ships taken over by the Admiralty

Requisitioned trawlers

{{main|List of requisitioned trawlers of the Royal Navy (WWII)}}

There were also 215 trawlers of no specific class These were commercial trawlers that the Admiralty requisitioned. 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

Footnotes

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References

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  • Cocker, M P (1993) Mine Warfare Vessels of the Royal Navy – 1908 to date. Airlife Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1-85310-328-5}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Dittmar|first1=F.J.|last2=Colledge|first2=J.J.|title=British Warships 1914–1919|year=1972|publisher=Ian Allan|location=Shepperton, UK|isbn=0-7110-0380-7}}
  • {{cite book |last=Gardiner |first=R. |title=All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 |year=1986 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |isbn=978-0-85177-245-5}}
  • 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
  • [http://www.abfar.co.uk/catalogs/rnps_cat.htm RNPS Book list]
  • [http://www.rnps.lowestoft.org.uk/rnpsbooks.htm Royal Naval Patrol Service Booklist]
  • [http://www.ibooknet.co.uk/archive/news_nov02.htm Books about the RNPS]

{{refend}}

External links

  • [http://uboat.net/allies/ships/trawlers.htm A/S Trawlers (uboat.net)]>
  • [http://www.harry-tates.org.uk/trawlers.htm The Trawlers go to War]
  • [http://www.harry-tates.org.uk/battleofmescopoint.html The Battle of Mesco Point]
  • [http://www.harry-tates.org.uk/history2.htm The Dover Convoys]
  • [http://www.minesweepers.org.uk/sweeping.htm The 'Art' of Minesweeping]
  • [http://www.worldnavalships.com/naval_trawlers.htm Naval Trawlers]
  • [http://www.royal-naval-reserve.co.uk/namsen-fjord/reports2.htm Trawlers lost in the Namsen Fjord]
  • [http://www.capdantifer.org.uk/index.php The Loss of HMT Cap d'Antifer]
  • [http://www.royal-naval-reserve.co.uk/rutlandshire/ The Loss of the Rutlandshire]
  • [http://www.orfasy.com/next.asp HM Trawler Orfasy]
  • [http://www.royal-naval-reserve.co.uk/lost.htm List of all trawlers lost during WW2]
  • [http://www.royal-naval-reserve.co.uk/ Memorial site to a trawler skipper]
  • [http://www.farthings.org.uk/hmsalmond/ HMS Almond Memorial Site]

Category:History of the Royal Navy