Dance class armed trawler

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HMT Foxtrot in December 1942
Class overview
Name:Dance
Operators: Royal Navy
22x20px Portuguese Navy
22x20px Marina Militare
Built:1940 - 1941
In service:1940 - 1946
Completed:20
General characteristics
Type: Armed trawler
Displacement: 545 tons
Length: 164 feet
Beam: 27 ft. 8 in.
Draught: 11 ft. 1 in. (mean)
Propulsion: One triple expansion Reciprocating engine, 850 IHP
Speed: 12 kts
Complement: 40 men
Armament: 1 x 4 in gun; 3 x 20mm AA, 30 depth charges

The Dance class vessels of World War II were armed trawlers of the Royal Navy. They were used for anti-submarine (A/S) and minesweeping work and were nearly identical to the Isles class trawlers, of which they are usually considered a subclass.

One Dance class trawler (Sword Dance) was a war loss, and one (Saltarelo) was transferred to Portugal in 1945. Four were transferred to Italy in 1946: Gavotte, Hornpipe, Minuet and Two Step. None remained in service with the Royal Navy by the end of 1946.

Ships in class

  • Built by the Ardrossan Dockyard Company, Ardrossa, UK
  • Built by Cochrane & Sons, Ltd. Selby, UK
  • Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, UK
    • Gavotte - Launched 1940, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 312
    • Hornpipe - Launched 1940, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 316
  • Built by Ferguson Brothers, Port Glasgow, UK
    • Mazurka - Launched 1940, sold 1946
    • Minuet - Launched 1941, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 307
  • Built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Company, Goole, UK
  • Built by Hall, Russell & Company, Ltd., Aberdeen, UK
  • Built by A. & J. Inglis, Ltd., Glasgow, UK
  • Built by Henry Robb, Ltd., Leith, UK
    • Saltarelo - Launched 6 August 1940, transferred to Portugal 1945 as Salvador Correia
    • Sword Dance - Launched 1940, war loss 5 July 1942
  • Built by Smith's Dock Company, Ltd., South Bank-on-Tees, UK
    • Tango - Launched 1940, sold 1946
    • Two Step, ex-Tarantella - Launched 1941, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 308
    • Valse - Launched 1941, sold 1946
    • Veleta - Launched 1941, sold 1946

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. 217, 258. New York: The McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1949

See also