Trawlers of the Royal Navy
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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. They were typically given the prefix HMT which stood for "His Majesty's Trawler".
Contents
Summary
| 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 | |||||||
| *Basset | 18 [3] | - | 460 | 12 | 33 | 3in gun | ||||
| Tree | 20 [4] | 6 | 530 | 164 | 850 | 11.5 | 35 | 12pdr gun, 2x.5in, 2xtwin MG | ||
| Dance | 20 [5] | 1 | 530 | 161 | 850 | 11.5 | 35 | 4in gun, 3x20mm | ||
| Shakespearian | 12 [6] | 3 | 545 | 164 | 950 | 12 | 35 | 12pdr gun, 3x20mm | ||
| Isles | 112 [7] | 12 | 545 | 164 | 850 | 12 | 40 | 12pdr gun, 3x20mm | ||
| Admiralty | 600 | 14 | 35 | |||||||
| Portuguese | CUF (Lisbon) Arsenal do Alfeite (Lisbon) Mónica (Aveiro) |
12 [8] | 550 | 11 | 30 | 12pdr gun | ||||
| Brazilian | 680 | 12.5 | 40 | |||||||
| Castle | 625 | 10 | 32 | |||||||
| Hills | 8 [9] | 2 | 750 | 181 | 970 | 11 | 35 (40?) | 12pdr gun, 3x20mm | ||
| Fish | 8 [10] | 1 | 670 | 167 | 700 | 11 | 35 | 4in gun, 3x20mm | ||
| Round | 8 [11] | - | 440 | 137 | 600 | 12 | 35 | 12pdr gun, 1x20mm, 2xMG | ||
| Military | 9 [12] | - | 750 | 193 | 1000 | 11 | 40 | 4in gun, 4x20mm | ||
| Requisitioned | 215 [13] | 72 | These were ships taken over by the Admiralty |
Basset class trawlers
The trawler Basset, built in 1935, became the prototype for nearly 250 military trawlers built in the following ten years. The Basset class trawlers were minesweeping trawlers built to a British design in India. A modified version of the Basset class was built in Canada with extra ice strengthening and known as the Fundy class minesweepers.
Requisitioned trawlers
There were also 215 trawlers of specific class [14] 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. 72 ships of this class were lost.
List of requisitioned trawlers
- This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.[15]
| Ship Designation | Requitioned | Fate | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdour | Apr 1940 | 1946 (Returned) | |
| Abiding Star | May 1940 | 1946 (Returned) | |
| Abronia | Nov 1939 | 1947 (Scrapped) | |
| Accord | Aug 1939 | 1946 (Sold) | |
| Accumulator | 1940 | Oct 1940 (Returned) | |
| Achievable | Nov 1939 | Jan 1946 (Returned) | |
| Achroite | Aug 1939 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Acorn | Nov 1939 | 1946 (Returned) | |
| Acquire | 1940 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Acquisition | Mar 1940 | 1944 (Returned) | |
| Acrasia | 1940 | 1946 (Returned) | |
| Adam | Feb 1940 | 1944 (Sold) | |
| Adele | Nov 1939 | 1946 (Returned) | |
| Admiral Sir John Lawford | Aug 1939 | Jan 1946 (Returned) | |
| Admire | Mar 1940 | Jan 1946 (Returned) | |
| Adoration | 1940 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Adriatic | Oct 1940 | Jun 1945 (Returned) | |
| Advisable | Nov 1939 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Africana | Sep 1939 | Apr 1947 (Returned) | |
| Afterglow | Nov 1939 | Aug 1944 (Returned) | |
| Agate | Nov 1935 | August 6 1941 (Wrecked) | 100px |
| Agnes Bunyan | Jun 1940 | Dec 1940 (Returned) | |
| Agnes Gardner | 1941 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Agnes Nutten | Jun 1940 | Jan 1946 (Returned) | |
| Agnes Wetherly | Jun 1940 | Dec 1945 (Returned) | |
| Agnes Wickfield | Nov 1939 | Dec 1945 (Returned) | |
| Aiglon | Jul 1940 | Jul 1946 (Returned) | |
| Akita | Aug 1939 | Oct 1945 (Returned) | |
| Akranes | Aug 1939 | Jul 1941 (Bombed) | |
| Alafoss | Aug 1939 | 1946 (Sold) | |
| Alberic | 1940 | May 1941 (Sunk in collision) | |
| Albert Hulett | Feb 1941 | Apr 1946 (Returned) | |
| Alcmaria | Dec 1939 | 1940 (To Royal Norwegian Navy) | |
| Alcor | Dec 1939 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Alex Hastie | Oct 1939 | Feb 1940 (Returned) | |
| Alex Watts | 1940 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Alexandre Gabrielle | Jul 1940 | Jul 1944 (Returned) | |
| Alexander Scott | 1939 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Alexandrite | 1939 | Dec 1945 (Returned) | |
| Alfie Cam | Jun 1940 | 1944 (Sold) | |
| Alfredian | Dec 1939 | 1946 (Returned) | |
| Algoa Bay | Oct 1939 | Dec 1940 (Returned) | |
| Alida | 1940 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| All Hallows | 1944 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Allersie | 1940 | 1944 (Returned) | |
| Allochy | 1941 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Alma | 1943 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Almandine | Aug 1939 | Dec 1945 (Sold) | |
| Alouette | 1939 | Sep 1942 (Sunk by U-552) | |
| Alsey | 1940 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Altruist | Jan 1941 | 1944 (Returned) | |
| Alvis | May 1940 | Mar 1945 (Returned) | |
| Amalia | Dec 1939 | Mar 1945 (Returned) | |
| Amaranthe | 1942 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Amethyst | 1935 | 24 November 1940 (Sunk by Mine) | 
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| Ambition | 1944 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Ambrose | Jul 1940 | Mar 1946 (Returned) | |
| Amiable | 1940 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Ampulla | 1940 | 1046 (Sold) | |
| Amroath Castle | 1940 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| A.N. 2 | Oct 1940 | Nov 1940 (Mined) | |
| Ancre Esperance | 1940 | Aug 1946 (Returned) | |
| Andanes | Oct 1940 | 1946 (Returned) | |
| Andradite | Aug 1939 | Jan 1946 (Returned) | |
| Andre Et Louise | Jul 1940 | Apr 1945 (Returned) | |
| Andre-Marcel | Aug 1940 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Andre Monique | Jul 1940 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Andronie-Camiel | Jul 1940 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Andyk | 1941 | Jan 1946 (Returned) | |
| Angele Marie | Jul 1940 | Jan 1946 (Returned) | |
| Angle | 1939 | Oct 1945 (Returned) | |
| Animate | 1941 | 1946 (Returned) | |
| Animation | 1940 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Ann Melville | Feb 1940 | Oct 1944 (Returned) | |
| Annabelle | Dec 1939 | Dec 1944 (Returned) | |
| Anne-Gaston | Jul 1940 | Jun 1945 (Returned) | |
| Anne Marie | 1940 | Jan 1942 (Sunk) | |
| Annie | Jul 1940 | Feb 1946 (Returned) | |
| Anson | Oct 1939 | unknown | |
| Anticyclone | Mar 1941 | Jul 1945 (Returned) | |
| Antioche II | Jul 1940 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Appletree | 1940 | Oct 1940 (Sunk in collision) | |
| Aquamarine | Aug 1939 | 1944 (Returned) | |
| Arab | 1939 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Arabesque | Dec 1939 | Sep 1944 (Returned) | |
| Aracari | Jan 1943 | Oct 1943 (Wrecked) | |
| Aragonite | Aug 1939 | Nov 1939 (Mined) | |
| Arcady | Dec 1939 | Jun 1945 (Returned) | |
| Arcanes | Sep 1939 | unknown | |
| Archimedes | Apr 1940 | Dec 1944 (Returned) | |
| Arctic Explorer | Aug 1939 | 1945 (Sold) | |
| Artic Hunter | Aug 1939 | May 1945 (Returned) | |
| Artic Pioneer | Sep 1939 | May 1942 (unknown sinking) | |
| Artic Ranger | Aug 1939 | 1946 (Sold) | |
| Artic Trapper | Jun 1940 | Feb 1941 (Bombed) | |
| Argo | Jul 1940 | Feb 1946 (Returned) | |
| Argyllshire | Sep 1939 | Jun 1940 (Torpedoed) | |
| Aristea | Dec 1939 | Dec 1944 (Returned) | |
| Arkwright | Aug 1939 | Dec 1945 (Sold) | |
| Arlette | Aug 1939 | Sep 1946 (Returned) | |
| Arley | Aug 1939 | Feb 1945 (Mined) | |
| Arleux | 1939 | 1946 (Returned) | |
| Armana | Jun 1940 | Nov 1945 (Returned) | |
| Arnold Bennett | Jun 1940 | Jul 1945 (Returned) | |
| Arora | Jun 1940 | Aug 1940 (Returned) | |
| Arras | 1939 | Aug 1946 (Returned) | |
| Arrest | Jun 1940 | Jul 1945 (Returned) | |
| Arsenal | Aug 1939 | Nov 1940 (Collision) | |
| Artegal | Nov 1939 | Mar 1945 (Returned) | |
| Arthur Cavanagh | Aug 1939 | Jan 1946 (Sold) | |
| Arum | Jan 1940 | Oct 1944 (Returned) | |
| Asama | Aug 1939 | Mar 1941 (Bombed) | |
| Ascona | Nov 1939 | Nov 1945 (Returned) | |
| Asie | Sep 1940 | Apr 1946 (Returned) | |
| Aston Villa | Sep 1939 | May 1940 (Bombed) | |
| Astros | Dec 1939 | 1946 (Returned) | |
| Athelston | Nov 1939 | Jan 1940 (Returned) | |
| Athenian | Nov 1939 | Sep 1946 (Returned) | |
| Atlantic | Jun 1940 | Oct 1940 (Returned) | |
| Atmosphere | Dec 1940 | Dec 1945 (Returned) | |
| Aurora II | Jun 1940 | May 1941 (Bombed) | |
| Aurilia | Nov 1939 | Aug 1946 (Returned) | |
| Available | Nov 1939 | Jan 1946 (Returned) | |
| Avalanche | Nov 1939 | 1945 (Returned) | |
| Avalon | 1940 | Apr 1943 (Sunk) | |
| Avanturine | Oct 1939 | Dec 1943 (Torpedoed) | |
| Avola | Aug 1939 | Apr 1946 (Returned) | |
| Avon | May 1940 | Dec 1941 (Returned) | |
| Avona | Aug 1939 | unknown | |
| Avondee | Mar 1944 | Oct 1944 (Returned) | |
| Avonglen | Aug 1939 | Aug 1946 (Returned) | |
| Avonstream | Sep 1939 | Jul 1945 (Returned) | |
| Avonwater | Sep 1939 | May 1946 (Returned) | |
| Ayrshire | Sep 1939 | Oct 1945 (Returned) |
See also
- Auxiliary Patrol
- Royal Naval Patrol Service
- Anti-submarine warfare
- List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy
- Minesweepers of the Royal New Zealand Navy
References
- Notes
- ↑ A/S Trawlers (uboat.net)
- ↑ Mersey class trawler
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Naval Trawlers, Admiralty trawlers
- Reading List
- Cocker, M P (1993) Mine Warfare Vessels of the Royal Navy - 1908 to date. Airlife Publishing. ISBN 9781853103285
- Lund, Paul and Ludlam, Harry (1971) The Trawlers go to War ISBN 978-0572007683
- Lund, Paul and Ludlam, Harry (1978) Out Sweeps! - The Story of the Minesweepers in World War II. New English Library Ltd ISBN 9780450044687
- 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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