Round Table class trawler
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| Official phot of HMS Sir Galahad taken in April 1942 HMS Sir Galahad | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Hall, Russell & Company |
| Operators: | Royal Navy |
| Built: | 1941–1942 |
| Completed: | 8 |
| Type: |
Minesweeper Danlayer |
| Displacement: | 440 long tons (447 t) |
| Length: | 125 feet (38.1 m) |
| Beam: | 23 feet 6 inches (7.2 m) |
| Draught: | 13 feet 9 inches (4.2 m) |
| Complement: | 35 |
| Armament: |
1 x 12 lb anti-aircraft gun 1 x 20 mm anti-aircraft gun 2 x machine guns |
The Round Table class was a small class of trawlers built for the British Royal Navy in 1941/2. some members of the class were built by Hall, Russell & Company of Aberdeen.others by local yards.[1]
All were built to a 1936 design by Hall, Russell & Co but were commissioned as minesweepers.[2] Two of the class, Sir Galahad and Sir Lancelot were converted to danlayers.[1]
The ships (and assigned pennant numbers[3]) in the class were:
- Sir Agravaine (T230) launched 5 March 1942
- Sir Galahad (T226) launched 18 December 1941
- Sir Gareth (T227) launched 19 January 1942
- Sir Geraint (T240) launched 15 April 1942
- Sir Kay (T241) launched 26 October 1942
- Sir Lamorack (T242) launched 23 November 1942
- Sir Lancelot (T228) launched 4 December 1941
- Sir Tristram (T229) launched 17 January 1942
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Admiralty Trawlers". http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk. http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/naval_trawlers.htm. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
- ↑ "Sir Galahad". Aberdeen Ships. Aberdeen Built Ships Project. http://www.aberdeenships.com/single.asp?offset=2300&index=101493. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
- ↑ Index of ships by pennant numbers US Navy Directorate of Naval Intelligence p. 47 http://www.godfreydykes.info/BRIT%20&%20COMM%20SHIPS%20WW2%20Part%203%20SA%27s%20-%20Z.pdf. Retrieved 15 March 2010
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