Basset 1937
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| British-built | ||||||
| Basset | T68 | Robb, Leith | 3/1935 | 28/9/1935 | 11/1935 | sold 9/1947 |
| Mastiff | T10 | Robb, Leith | 17/2/1938 | 5/1938 | sunk 20/11/1939 | |
| Canadian-built | ||||||
| Comox (RCN) | J64 | Burrard, Vancouver, Canada | 2/1938 | 9/8/1938 | 11/1938 | to China 1946 (Sung Ming) |
| Fundy (RCN) | J68 | Collingwood, Canada | 1/1938 | 18/6/1938 | 9/1938 | sold 1947 |
| Gaspe (RCN) | J94 | Morton, Quebec City, Canada | 1/1938 | 12/8/1938 | 10/1938 | to China 1947 (Sung Li) |
| Nootka, 1944- Nanoose (RCN) | J35 | Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada | 2/1938 | 26/9/1938 | 12/1938 | to China 1947 (Sung Ling) |
| Indian- and Burmese-built | ||||||
| Agra (RIM) | T254 | Hooghlie, Calcutta, India | 11/1940 | 18/3/1942 | 4/1942 | sold 1946 |
| Ahmedabad (RIM) | T264 | Burn, Calcutta, India | 6/1941 | 28/10/1943 | 4/1944 | sold 1947 |
| Allahabad (RIM) | Hooghlie, Calcutta, India | --- | --- | cancelled 3/1945 | ||
| Ambala (RIM) | Alcock Ashdown, Karachi, India | --- | --- | cancelled 3/1945 | ||
| Amritsar (RIM) | T261 | Garden Reach, Ranchi, India | 8/1941 | 19/12/1941 | 11/1942 | sold 1950 |
| Bareilly (RIM) | Shalimar, Calcutta, India | --- | --- | cancelled 3/1945 | ||
| Barisal (ex-Sholapur) (RIM) | Burn, Calcutta, India | --- | --- | cancelled 3/1945 | ||
| Baroda (RIM) | T249 | Shalimar, Calcutta, India | 10/1940 | 22/10/1941 | 12/1942 | to Pakistan 1948 (Bahawalpur) |
| Bannu (RIM) | Shalimar, Calcutta, India | --- | --- | cancelled 3/1945 | ||
| Bay Innaung (Burma govt.) | Irrawadi Flotilla Co, Rangoon, Burma | 8/1941 | --- | --- | destroyed on stocks 3/1942 | |
| Benares (RIM) | Hooghlie, Calcutta, India | --- | --- | cancelled 3/1945 | ||
| Berar (RIM) | T256 | Hooghlie, Calcutta, India | 12/1940 | 31/7/1942 | 10/1942 | sold 1947 |
| Calcutta (RIM) | T339 | Hooghlie, Calcutta, India | 1/1941 | 8/3/1943 | 8/1943 | sold 1947 |
| Cawnpore (RIM) | Burn, Calcutta, India | --- | --- | cancelled 3/1945 | ||
| Chittagong (RIM) | Burn, Calcutta, India | --- | --- | cancelled 3/1945 | ||
| Cochin (ex-Multan) (RIM) | T315 | Burn, Calcutta, India | 1/1943 | 29/12/1943 | 4/1946 | sold 1950 |
| Cochrane (Burma govt.) | Irrawadi Flotilla Co., Rangoon | 8/1941 | --- | --- | destroyed on stocks 3/1942 | |
| Cuttack (RIM) | T251 | Burn, Calcutta, India | 7/1941 | 16/6/1943 | 8/1943 | sold 1946 |
| Dacca (RIM) | Burn, Calcutta, India | --- | --- | cancelled 1945 | ||
| Dinapore (RIM) | Alcock Ashdown, Karachi, India | --- | --- | cancelled 3/1945 | ||
| Elara (Ceylon Govt.) | Irrawadi Flotilla Co., Rangoon, Burma | 12/1941 | --- | --- | destroyed on stocks 3/1942 | |
| Gaya (RIM) | Burn, Calcutta, India | --- | --- | cancelled 10/1944 | ||
| Gemunu (Ceylon govt.) | Irrawadi Flotilla Co., Rangoon, Burma | 8/1941 | --- | --- | destroyed on stocks 3/1942 | |
| Karachi (RIM) | T262 | Alcock Ashdown, Karachi, India | 3/1941 | 1/12/1941 | 12/1942 | sold 1946 |
| Kiamari (RIM) | Scindia, India | --- | --- | cancelled 1945 | ||
| Kolaba (ex-Cochin) (RIM) | Alcock Ashdown, Karachi, India | --- | --- | cancelled 3/1945 | ||
| Lahore (RIM) | T253 | Shalimar, Calcutta, India | 11/1940 | 20/12/1941 | 11/1942 | sold 1946 |
| Lucknow (RIM) | T267 | Alcock Ashdown, Karachi, India | 4/1941 | 3/4/1942 | 4/1946 | sold 1946 |
| Madura (RIM) | T268 | Garden Reach, Ranchi, India | 6/1941 | 22/12/1942 | 5/1943 | sold 1946 |
| Mongyr (RIM) | Alcock Ashdown, Karachi, India | --- | --- | cancelled 12/1944 | ||
| Multan (ex-Cochin, ex-Kolaba) (RIM) | Scindia, India | 1/1943 | 23/5/1944 | 4/1946 | sold 1946 | |
| Nagpur (RIM) | Burn, Calcutta, India | 11/3/1944 | --- | sold incomplete | ||
| Nasik (RIM) | T258 | Shalimar, Calcutta, India | 24/5/1944 | 1/1945 | sold 1950 | |
| Pachmari (RIM) | Burn, Calcutta, India | --- | --- | cancelled 1944 | ||
| Patna (RIM) | T255 | Hooghlie, Calcutta, India | 1/1941 | 1/9/1942 | 1/1943 | sold 1946 |
| Peshawar (RIM) | Alcock Ashdown, Karachi, India | 2/5/1942 | --- | sold incomplete | ||
| Poona (RIM) | T260 | Garden Reach, Ranchi, India | 6/1941 | 2/4/1942 | 12/1942 | sold 1946 |
| Puri (RIM) | Alcock Ashdown, Karachi, India | --- | --- | cancelled 1945 | ||
| Quetta (ex-Jubbalpore) (RIM) | Alcock Asdown, Karachi, India | --- | --- | cancelled 1/1945 | ||
| Rampur (ex-Barisal) (RIM) | T12 | Burn, Calcutta, India | 7/1941 | 19/7/1941 | 10/1945 | to Pakistan 1948 (Lahore) |
| Shillong (RIM) | Burn, Calcutta, India | 6/1941 | 22/9/1942 | 3/1943 | sold 1946 | |
| Sialkot (RIM) | Alcock Asdown, Karachi, India | 2/1944 | --- | --- | cancelled 1945 | |
| Sylhet (RIM) | Scindia, India | --- | --- | cancelled 12/1944 | ||
| Travancore (RIM) | T312 | Garden Reach, Ranchi, India | 11/1940 | 7/7/1941 | 1/1942 | sold 1/1947 |
| Trichinopoly (RIM) | Burn, Calcutta, India | --- | --- | cancelled 10/1944 | ||
| Vizagapatam (RIM) | Burn, Calcutta, India | --- | --- | cancelled 10/1944 | ||
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Displacement standard, t |
521 - 560 |
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Displacement full, t |
725 - 775 |
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Length, m |
48.9 - 50.0 |
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Breadth, m |
8.25 - 8.43 |
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Draught, m |
3.23 - 3.40 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 - 950 |
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Max speed, kts |
12.5 - 13 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 180 - 196 Mastiff: oil 129 |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 4 x 1 - 7.7/87, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (4), sweeps Indian-built ships completed 1941 - 1942: 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I HA, 3 x 1 - 7.7/87, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (4), sweeps Indian-built ships completed 1943 - 1944: 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I HA, (1 - 3) x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (25), sweeps |
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Complement |
33 Indian-built: 48 |
Ship project history: Basset was the successful prototype of most of subsequent trawlers built at wartime for RN. Mastiff distinguished by oil-firing. Minesweeping trawlers.
Modernizations: 1942 - 1944, Basset: - 1 x 1 - 102/40; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I HA
1942 - 1944, all survived early ships: - 3 x 1 - 7.7/87; + (1 - 3) x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, DC stowage rose up to 25.
Naval service: Mastiff was mined 20/11/1939.
Basset 1937
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