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DR301 minesweeping trawlers

"DANCE"

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
DR307 (ex-Minuet) M5307 Ferguson, Glasgow, UK   1/3/1941 6/1941 // 2/1946 discarded 1962
DR308 (ex-Two Step, ex-Tarantella) M5308 Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK   27/1/1941 5/1941 // 2/1946 discarded 1962
DR312 (ex-Gavotte) M5312 Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK   7/5/1940 8/1940 // 3/1946 discarded 1962
DR316 (ex-Hornpipe) M5316 Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK   21/5/1940 9/1940 // 3/1946 discarded 1962

"SHAKESPEARIAN"

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
DR310 (ex-Othello) M5310 Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK   7/10/1941 12/1941 // 1946 discarded 1962

"ISLES"

DR301 1946

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
DR301 (ex-Burra) M5301 Goole SB, UK 10/1940 29/3/1941 7/1941 // 1/1946 discarded 1962
DR302 (ex-Cumbrae) M5302 Cochrane, Selby, UK 9/1940 20/12/1940 5/1941 // 1/1946 discarded 1962
DR303 (ex-Unst) M5303 Ferguson, Glasgow, UK 10/1941 28/5/1942 8/1942 // 1/1946 discarded 1962
DR304 (ex-Staffa) M5304 Robb, Leith, UK 8/1941 15/6/1942 8/1942 // 1/1946 discarded 1962
DR305 (ex-Filla) M5305 Crown, Sunderland, UK 9/1941 2/4/1942 8/1942 // 1/1946 discarded 1962
DR306 (ex-Egilsay) M5306 Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK 10/1941 7/2/1942 7/1942 // 2/1946 discarded 1962
DR309 (ex-Grain) M5309 Cochrane, Selby, UK 4/1943 17/8/1943 12/1943 // 3/1946 discarded 1962
DR311 (ex-Mousa) M5311 Goole SB, UK 2/1942 1/6/1942 8/1942 // 2/1946 discarded 1962
DR313 (ex-Foula) M5313 Cochrane, Selby, UK 4/1941 28/7/1941 2/1942 // 2/1946 discarded 1962
DR314 (ex-Ensay) M5314 Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK 10/1941 5/3/1942 8/1942 // 2/1946 discarded 1962
DR315 (ex-Stroma) M5315 Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK 4/1941 19/11/1941 1/1942 // 3/1946 discarded 1962

 

Displacement standard, t

545

Displacement full, t

770

Length, m

50.0

Breadth, m

8.43

Draught, m

3.38 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler

Power, h. p.

850

Max speed, kts

12.25

Fuel, t

coal 183

Armament

DR301 - 306, 309 - 311, 313 - 315: 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF MkI, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (30), sweeps

DR307, 308, 312, 316: 1 x 1 - 102/45 BL MkIX, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (30), sweeps

Complement

35 - 40

Ship project history: Ex-British trawlers.Development of Basset class. "Shakespearian" and "Isles" classes were intended for minesweeping, "Dance" class was used in ASW role.

Modernizations: 1956, all - 1 x 1 - 76/40 or 1 x 1 - 102/45

Naval service: No significant events.

 

HMS Lundy after war in an auxiliary role

 

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