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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

"MILITARY" trawlers

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Bombardier   Smiths Dock, South Bank   1/4/1915 5/1915 sold 5/1920
Brigadier, 1920- Bugler   Smiths Dock, South Bank   1/4/1915 5/1915 sold 5/1920
Carbineer   Smiths Dock, South Bank   15/2/1915 3/1915 wrecked 18/5/1916
Dragoon, 1920- Drummer   Smiths Dock, South Bank   16/1/1915 2/1915 sold 2/1920, minesweeper 8/1939, sunk 4/8/1940
Fusilier, 1920- Carbinier II   Smiths Dock, South Bank   1/2/1915 3/1915 sold 2/1920, patrol 5/1940 - 1940
Highlander   Smiths Dock, South Bank   29/4/1915 1915 sold 1921
Lancer, 1917- Lancer II   Smiths Dock, South Bank   17/12/1914 2/1915 collision 18/7/1918
Sapper   Smiths Dock, South Bank   1/2/1915 3/1915 foundered 29/12/1917
Trooper   Smiths Dock, South Bank   29/4/1915 6/1915 sold 10/1920
Gunner   Smiths Dock, South Bank   16/1/1915 2/1915 sold 1920

 

 

Displacement normal, t

Bombardier, Brigadier: 303

Carbineer, Dragoon, Fusilier, Lancer, Sapper: 276

Highlander, Trooper: 239

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

Bombardier, Brigadier, Carbineer, Dragoon, Fusilier, Lancer, Sapper: 39.6 pp

Highlander, Trooper: 36.0 pp

Breadth, m

Bombardier, Brigadier: 7.32

Carbineer, Dragoon, Fusilier, Lancer, Sapper: 7.16

Highlander, Trooper: 6.86

Draught, m

Bombardier, Brigadier: 4.04

Carbineer, Dragoon, Fusilier, Lancer, Sapper: 3.73

Highlander, Trooper: 3.81

No of shafts

1

Machinery

VTE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Armament

Bombardier, Brigadier, Fusilier, Sapper: 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I, sweeps

Carbineer, Lancer: 1 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, sweeps

Dragoon: 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I, 1 DCT, sweeps

Highlander, Trooper: 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss AA, sweeps

Complement

 

Ship project history: Trawlers purchased by Admiralty before completion. Gunner was completed as Q-ship.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Lancer II collided off Brighton 18/7/1918. Sapper foundered off Ower`s.

 

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