"TREE"
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| P2 (ex-Mangrove), 2/1946- Faial | M401 | Ferguson, Glasgow, UK | 8/1939 | 15/2/1940 | 4/1940 // 10/1943 | to United Kingdom 6/1945 - 2/1946 (Mangrove), discarded 1967 |
"DANCE"
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Salvador Correia (ex-Saltarelo) | Robb, Leith, UK | 1/1940 | 6/8/1940 | 10/1940 // 8/1946 | to Angola 1961 |
"ISLES"
Santa Maria 1952
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| P1 (ex-Bruray), 2/1946- São Miguel | M403 | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK | 2/1942 | 1/6/1942 | 12/1942 // 10/1943 | to UK 7/1945 - 2/1946 (Bruray), discarded 1956 |
| P3 (ex-Hayling), 6/1946- Terceira | M402 | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK | 4/1942 | 17/8/1942 | 12/1942 // 10/1943 | to UK 7/1945 - 6/1946 (Hayling), discarded 1957 |
| P4 (ex-Whalsay), 6/1946- Santa Maria | M404 | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK | 12/1941 | 4/4/1942 | 9/1942 // 10/1943 | to UK 6/1945 - 6/1946 (Whalsay), stricken 4/1971 |
| P7 (ex-Gruinard) | Crown, Sunderland, UK | 4/1942 | 20/11/1942 | 3/1943 // 10/1943 | to UK 9/1944 (Gruinard) | |
| P8 (ex-Eriskay) | Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, UK | 11/1941 | 28/8/1942 | 10/1942 // 10/1943 | to UK 6/1944 (Eriskay) | |
| Baldaque da Silva (ex-Ruskholm), 1961- Salvador Correia | Goole SB, UK | 8/1941 | 4/2/1942 | 5/1942 // 9/1949 | to Angola 1961 |
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Displacement standard, t |
545 |
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Displacement full, t |
770 |
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Length, m |
50.0 |
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Breadth, m |
8.43 |
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Draught, m |
3.38 deep load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
850 |
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Max speed, kts |
12.25 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 183 |
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Armament |
"Tree": 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (30), sweeps "Dances": 1 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (30 ГБ) "Isles": 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (30), sweeps |
| Sensors | |
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Complement |
35 - 40 |
Ship project history: British Admiralty trawlers of Isles, Dance and Tree classes, chartered by Portugal in October, 1943 (first 6), used as patrols, escorts and minesweepers.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: In July, 1945 all 6 trawlers were returned to UK, but in 1946 four ships were redeemed by Portugueses and commissioned again under new names instead of number designations.
São Miguel 1953
© Ivan Gogin, 2011