Shakespearian class trawler
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The Shakespearian class were anti-submarine naval trawlers which served in Royal Navy. Ships in this class had a displacement of 545 tons, a top speed of 12 knots, a crew of 40 men, and armament of 1x12 pdr AA gun 3x20mm Oerlikon AA guns and 30 depth charges. They were nearly identical to the Isles class trawlers, of which they are usually considered a subclass.
Three of the Shakespearian class trawlers were war losses: Coriolanus, Horatio and Laertes. One (Othello) was transferred to Italy in 1946, and another (Rosalind) to Kenya, also in 1946. By the end of that year, only Hamlet and Macbeth remained in service with the Royal Navy; both were sold in 1947.
Ships in class
- Built by Cochrane & Sons, Selby, UK
- HMS Celia (T134) - Launched 1940, sold 1946
- HMS Coriolanus (T140) - Launched 1940, war loss 1945
- HMS Fluellen (T157) - Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, UK
- HMS Hamlet (T167) - Launched 24 July 1940, sold 1947
- HMS Horatio (T153) - Launched 1940, war loss 1943
- HMS Juliet (T136) - Launched 1940, sold 1946
- HMS Laertes (T137) - Launched 1940, war loss 1942
- Built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Goole, UK
- HMS Macbeth (T138) - Launched 3 October 1940, sold 1947
- HMS Ophelia (T05) - Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Built by Hall, Russell & Company, Ltd., Aberdeen, UK
- HMS Othello (T76) - Launched 1941, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 310
- Built by A. & J. Inglis, Ltd., Glasgow, UK
- HMS Romeo (T10) - Launched 1941, sold 1946
- HMS Rosalind (T135) - Launched 3 May 1941, transferred to Kenya 1946, joined Royal East African Navy 1952, redeployed to Madagascar 1964
References
- Robert Gardiner (ed. dir.), Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946, p. 66. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1980.
- Francis E. McMurtrie and Raymond V.B. Blackman (eds.), Jane's Fighting Ships 1949-50, pp. 102, 217. New York: The McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1949.
- Anthony Preston (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II, p. 77. New York: Military Press, 1989. This is mainly a reprint of Jane's Fighting Ships 1946-47 with some materials from earlier editions.
See also
- Isles class trawler
- HMT Macbeth (T138)
- Operation Dervish Convoy (1941)
- Trawlers of the Royal Navy
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