"TREE", "DANCE", "SHAKESPEARIAN" and "ISLES" trawlers

"TREE"

Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Acacia	T02	Ardrossan DYd	8/1939	7/3/1940	6/1940	sold 1947
Almond	T14	Ardrossan DYd	8/1939	22/5/1940	8/1940	sunk 2/2/1941
Ash	T39	Cochrane, Selby	7/1939	13/11/1939	5/1940	sunk 5/6/1941
Bay	T77	Cochrane, Selby	8/1939	12/12/1939	6/1940	sold 1947
Birch	T93	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	8/1939	13/11/1939	4/1940	sold 1947
Blackthorn	T100	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	8/1939	29/11/1939	5/1940	sold 1947
Chestnut	T110	Goole SB	7/1939	24/2/1940	5/1940	sunk 30/10/1940
Deodar	T124	Goole SB	8/1939	26/3/1940	7/1940	sold 1947
Elm	T105	Inglis, Glasgow	7/1939	12/12/1939	3/1940	sold 1946
Fir	T129	Inglis, Glasgow	8/1939	27/1/1940	4/1940	sold 1947
Hazel	T108	Robb, Leith	8/1939	27/12/1939	3/1940	sold 3/1946
Hickory	T116	Robb, Leith	8/1939	24/2/1940	4/1940	sunk 22/10/1940
Juniper	T123	Ferguson, Glasgow	8/1939	15/12/1939	3/1940	sunk 8/6/1940
Mangrove	T112	Ferguson, Glasgow	8/1939	15/2/1940	4/1940	to Portugal 10/1943 - 6/1945 (P2), to Portugal 2/1946
Olive	T126	Hall Russell, Aberdeen	9/1939	26/2/1940	5/1940	sold 1948
Pine	T101	Hall Russell, Aberdeen	9/1939	25/3/1940	7/1940	sunk 31/1/1944
Rowan	T119	Smiths Dock, South Bank	6/1939	12/8/1939	12/1939	sold 1946
Walnut	T103	Smiths Dock, South Bank	6/1939	12/8/1939	12/1939	sold 1948
Whitethorn	T127	Smiths Dock, South Bank	7/1939	10/11/1939	2/1940	sold 3/1946
Wistaria	T113	Smiths Dock, South Bank	7/1939	10/11/1939	2/1940	sold 3/1946

"DANCE"

Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Cotillion	T104	Ardrossan DYd	6/1940	21/12/1940	6/1941	sold 3/1947
Coverley	T106	Ardrossan DYd	6/1940	27/5/1941	8/1941	sold 3/1947
Fandango	T107	Cochrane, Selby	10/1939	26/3/1940	7/1940	sold 1946
Foxtrot	T109	Cochrane, Selby	10/1939	23/4/1940	8/1940	sold 7/1946
Gavotte	T115	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	12/1939	7/5/1940	8/1940	to Italy 3/1946 (DR 312)
Hornpipe	T120	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	12/1939	21/5/1940	9/1940	to Italy 3/1946 (DR 316)
Mazurka	T30	Ferguson, Glasgow	3/1940	28/11/1940	2/1941	to Belgium 3/1946
Minuet	T131	Ferguson, Glasgow	3/1940	1/3/1941	6/1941	to Italy 2/1946 (DR 307)
Morris Dance	T117	Goole SB	12/1939	6/8/1940	10/1940	sold 1947
Pirouette	T39	Goole SB	12/1939	2/6/1940	8/1940	sold 7/1946
Polka	T139	Hall Russell, Aberdeen	6/1940	29/1/1941	6/1941	sold 4/1946
Quadrille	T133	Hall Russell, Aberdeen	6/1940	15/3/1941	7/1941	sold 6/1946
Rumba	T122	Inglis, Glasgow	2/1940	31/7/1940	11/1940	sold 1947
Saltarelo	T128	Robb, Leith	1/1940	6/8/1940	10/1940	to Portugal 8/1946 (Salvador Correia)
Sarabande	T125	Inglis, Glasgow	3/1940	29/8/1940	1/1941	sold 3/1946
Sword Dance	T132	Robb, Leith	3/1940	3/9/1940	1/1941	collision 5/7/1942
Tango	T146	Smiths Dock, South Bank	8/1940	29/11/1940	4/1941	sold 7/1946
Tarantella, 2/1943- Two Step	T142	Smiths Dock, South Bank	9/1940	27/1/1941	5/1941	to Italy 2/1946 (DR 308)
Valse	T151	Smiths Dock, South Bank	10/1940	12/3/1941	5/1941	sold 5/1946
Veleta	T130	Smiths Dock, South Bank	10/1940	28/3/1941	6/1941	sold 3/1946

"SHAKESPEARIAN"

Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Celia	T134	Cochrane, Selby	12/1939	15/9/1940	1/1941	sold 1946
Coriolanus	T140	Cochrane, Selby	5/1940	2/10/1940	2/1941	sunk 5/5/1945
Fluellen	T157	Cochrane, Selby	7/1940	1/11/1940	3/1941	sold 2/1947
Hamlet	T167	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	2/1940	24/7/1940	12/1940	sold 1/1947
Horatio	T153	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	3/1940	8/8/1940	1/1941	sunk 7/1/1943
Juliet	T136	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	5/1940	2/10/1940	3/1941	sold 1947
Laertes	T137	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	5/1940	16/10/1940	4/1941	sunk 25/7/1942
Macbeth	T138	Goole SB	3/1940	3/10/1940	1/1941	sold 1947
Ophelia	T05	Goole SB	4/1940	3/9/1940	12/1940	sold 1946
Othello	T76	Hall Russell, Aberdeen	2/1941	7/10/1941	12/1941	to Italy 3/1946 (DR 310)
Romeo	T10	Inglis, Glasgow	10/1940	20/3/1941	6/1941	sold 1946
Rosalind	T135	Inglis, Glasgow	10/1940	3/5/1941	10/1941	to Kenya 8/1946

"ISLES"

Killegray 1952

Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Ailsa Craig	T377	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	7/1943	16/10/1943	12/1943	sold 4/1946
Annet	T241	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	12/1942	25/3/1943	6/1943	sold 5/1958
Anticosti (RCN till 6/1945)	T274	Collingwood, Canada	10/1941	1/4/1942	10/1942	sold 1946
Arran	T06	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	7/1940	16/11/1940	4/1941	sold 1946
Baffin (RCN till 8/1945)	T275	Collingwood, Canada	10/1941	13/4/1942	8/1942	sold 1947
Balta	T50	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	8/1940	2/12/1940	5/1941	sold 7/1946
Bardsey	T273	Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley	1/1943	17/7/1943	9/1943	oil tank cleaning vessel 1950
Benbecula	T379	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	7/1943	28/10/1943	1/1944	sold 3/1946
Bern	T294	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	12/1941	2/5/1942	9/1942	oil tank cleaning vessel 9/1955
Biggal	T404	Ferguson, Glasgow	2/1944	4/12/1944	4/1945	sold 1947
Bowell, 11/1942- Miscou (ex-Campenia) (RCN)	T277	Collingwood, Canada	12/1941	1/6/1942	10/1942	sold 3/1946
Bressay	T214	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	9/1941	20/1/1942	5/1942	sold 3/1946
Brora	T99	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	8/1940	18/12/1940	6/1941	wrecked 6/9/1941
Bruray	T236	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	2/1942	1/6/1942	12/1942	to Portugal 10/1943 - 7/1945 (P1 Saõ Miguel), to Portugal 2/1946 (Saõ Miguel)
Bryher	T350	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	12/1942	8/4/1943	8/1943	sold 1947
Burra	T158	Goole SB	10/1940	29/3/1941	7/1941	to Italy 1/1946 (DR 301)
Bute	T168	Goole SB	10/1940	12/5/1941	9/1941	sold 3/1946
Cailiff (RCN till 6/1945)	T276	Collingwood, Canada	12/1941	30/4/1942	9/1942	sold 1946
Caldy	T359	Lewis, Aberdeen	5/1943	31/8/1943	1/1944	wreck dispersal 1946
Calvay	T383	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	9/1943	29/11/1943	2/1944	sold 11/1946
Campobello	T278	Collingwood, Canada	1/1942	19/6/1942	10/1942	wrecked 16/3/1943
Canna	T161	Cochrane, Selby	7/1940	7/4/1941	4/1941	internal explosion 5/12/1942
Cava	T145	Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley	8/1940	3/3/1941	6/1941	sold 5/1947
Coll	T207	Ardrossan SB	7/1941	7/4/1942	9/1942	wreck dispersal 12/1945
Colsay	T384	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	9/1943	15/12/1943	3/1944	sunk 2/11/1944
Copinsay	T147	Cochrane, Selby	8/1940	2/12/1940	4/1941	to War Dept. 6/1946
Crowlin	T380	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	8/1943	15/11/1943	1/1944	sold 3/1946
Cumbrae	T154	Cochrane, Selby	9/1940	20/12/1940	5/1941	to Italy 1/1946 (DR 302)
Damsay	T208	George Brown, Greenock	8/1941	27/6/1942	9/1942	sold 8/1959
Dochet	T186	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	10/1941	26/6/1942	11/1942	sold 1947
Earraid (ex-Gruna)	T297	Crown, Sunderland	5/1941	18/12/1941	5/1942	sold 3/1951
Eday	T201	Cochrane, Selby	4/1941	26/6/1941	11/1941	to Norway 8/1944 - 10/1944 (Tromøy), sold 1/1947
Egilsay	T215	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	10/1941	7/2/1942	7/1942	to Italy 2/1946 (DR 306)
Ensay	T216	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	10/1941	5/3/1942	8/1942	to Italy 2/1946 (DR 314)
Eriskay	T217	Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley	11/1941	28/8/1942	10/1942	to Portugal 10/1943 - 6/1944 (P8), foundered 12/11/1945
Fara	T162	Cochrane, Selby	9/1940	27/1/1941	6/1941	sold 7/1946
Farne	T353	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	1/1943	22/4/1943	9/1943	sold 1947
Fetlar	T202	Cochrane, Selby	4/1941	10/7/1941	1/1942	sold 6/1960
Fiaray	T238	Goole SB	2/1942	13/6/1942	9/1942	sold 1946
Filla	T212	Crown, Sunderland	9/1941	2/4/1942	8/1942	to Italy 1/1946 (DR 305)
Flatholm	T354	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	2/1943	8/5/1943	8/1943	sold 8/1960
Flint	T287	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	10/1941	14/7/1942	12/1942	sold 1947
Flotta	T171	Cochrane, Selby	10/1940	3/2/1941	6/1941	wrecked 6/11/1941
Foula	T203	Cochrane, Selby	4/1941	28/7/1941	2/1942	to Italy 2/1946 (DR 313)
Foulness	T342	Lewis, Aberdeen	10/1942	23/3/1943	6/1943	oil tank cleaning vessel 1957
Fuday	T385	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	10/1943	1/1/1944	3/1944	danlayer, sold 1947
Gairsay	T290	Ardrossan SB	11/1941	28/5/1942	4/1943	sunk 3/8/1944
Ganilly	T367	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	3/1943	22/5/1943	9/1943	sunk 5/7/1944
Gateshead	T288	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	12/1941	1/8/1942	5/1943	sold 10/1959
Gillstone	T355	Cochrane, Selby	4/1943	19/7/1943	11/1943	sold 1946
Gorregan	T387	Ardrossan SB	5/1943	30/12/1943	6/1944	sold 10/1957
Graemsay	T291	Ardrossan SB	12/1941	3/8/1942	6/1943	wreck dispersal 2/1946
Grain	T360	Cochrane, Selby	4/1943	17/8/1943	12/1943	to Italy 3/1946 (DR 309)
Grassholm	T344	Lewis, Aberdeen	11/1942	20/4/1943	8/1943	sold 1946
Gruinard	T239	Crown, Sunderland	4/1942	20/11/1942	3/1943	to Portugal 10/1943 - 9/1944 (P7), sold 6/1946
Gulland	T365	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	4/1943	5/8/1943	10/1943	sold 3/1946
Gweal (ex-Broreray)	T246	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	3/1942	17/6/1942	11/1942	sold 1948
Hannaray	T389	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	11/1943	12/2/1944	5/1944	danlayer, sold 1947
Gilsay, 1944- Harris	T386	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	11/1943	29/1/1944	4/1944	danlayer, sold 3/1947
Hascosay	T390	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	11/1943	28/3/1944	5/1944	danlayer, sold 1947
Hayling	T271	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	4/1942	17/8/1942	12/1942	to Portugal 10/1943 - 7/1945 (P3 Terceira), to Portugal 6/1946
Hellisay	T391	Cochrane, Selby	11/1943	27/3/1944	7/1944	danlayer, sold 6/1947
Hermetray	T392	Cochrane, Selby	11/1943	11/4/1944	8/1944	danlayer, sold 4/1947
Herschell	T289	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	1/1942	9/11/1942	5/1943	sold 1946
Hildasay	T173	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	12/1940	29/4/1941	9/1941	wrecked 21/6/1945
Hoxa	T16	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	9/1940	15/1/1941	6/1941	sold 7/1946
Hoy	T114	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	10/1940	1/2/1941	7/1941	sold 1946
Hunda	T298	Ferguson, Glasgow	6/1941	4/2/1942	4/1942	sold 5/1946
Imersay	T422	Cochrane, Selby	4/1944	21/8/1944	12/1944	danlayer, sold 1/1959
Inchcolm	T18	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	10/1940	3/3/1941	7/1941	sold 6/1946
Inchkeith (RNZN)	T155	Lewis, Aberdeen	11/1940	10/7/1941	10/1941	sold 1958
Inchmarnock	T166	Lewis, Aberdeen	2/1941	25/8/1941	11/1941	to Norway 1944 - 9/1946 (Karmøy), sold 1946
Ironbound (RCN till 6/1945)	T284	Kingston, Canada	10/1941	14/1/1942	10/1942	sold 1946
Islay	T172	Smiths Dock, South Bank	11/1940	10/4/1941	6/1941	sold 10/1946
Jura	T169	Ardrossan	1/1941	22/11/1941	6/1942	sunk 7/1/1943
Kerrera	T200	Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley	3/1941	24/9/1941	10/1941	to Norway 1944 - 9/1946 (Oksøy), sold 1946
Killegray (RNZN)	T174	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	1/1941	27/5/1941	11/1941	sold 1958
Kintyre	T165	Ardrossan SB	4/1941	21/10/1941	4/1942	sold 5/1946
Kittern	T382	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	5/1943	21/8/1943	11/1943	sold 4/1946
Lindisfarne	T361	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	3/1943	17/6/1943	9/1943	wreck dispersal 3/1946
Lingay	T423	Cochrane, Selby	4/1944	6/9/1944	1/1945	danlayer, sold 1947
Liscomb (RCN till 6/1945)	T285	Kingston, Canada	7/1941	23/3/1942	9/1942	sold 1946
Longa	T366	Cochrane, Selby	7/1943	15/10/1943	2/1944	sold 1946
Lundy	T272	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	6/1942	29/8/1942	1/1943	tank cleaning vessel 1956
Magdalen (RCN till 6/1945)	T279	Midland, Canada	10/1941	3/7/1942	8/1942	sold 4/1946
Manitoulin (RCN till 6/1945)	T280	Midland, Canada	11/1941	23/4/1942	9/1942	sold 1946
Mewstone	T374	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	6/1943	16/9/1943	11/1943	sold 4/1946
Minalto	T362	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	4/1943	3/7/1943	10/1943	sold 1947
Mincarlo	T388	Ardrossan SB	5/1943	28/3/1944	10/1944	to Norway 10/1944 - 9/1946 (Tromøy), sold 1946
Mousa	T295	Goole SB	2/1942	1/6/1942	8/1942	to Italy 2/1946 (DR 311)
Mull	T110	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	11/1940	27/3/1941	8/1941	to War Dept. 4/1946
Neave	T247	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	4/1942	16/71942	11/1942	wreck dispersal 3/1946
Orfasy	T204	Hall, Aberdeen	8/1941	17/3/1942	7/1942	sunk 22/10/1943
Oronsay	T375	Cochrane, Selby	8/1943	30/10/1943	3/1944	sold 1946
Orsay	T450 - M450	Cochrane, Selby	9/1944	1/1/1945	5/1945	danlayer, oil tank cleaning vessel 1956
Oxna	T296	Inglis, Glasgow	4/1942	26/1/1943	5/1943	to War Dept. 7/1946
Pladda	T144	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	12/1940	16/4/1941	9/1941	sold 1947
Porcher (ex-Procher)	T281	Midland, Canada	12/1941	26/5/1942	10/1942	to War Dept. 3/1947
Prospect	T282	Midland, Canada	3/1942	16/6/1942	11/1942	to War Dept. 8/1946
Ronaldsay	T149	Cochrane, Selby	10/1940	14/2/1941	7/1941	sold 8/1946
Ronay	T429 - M429	Cochrane, Selby	9/1944	15/2/1945	6/1945	danlayer, BU 4/1967
Rosevean	T363	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	4/1943	17/7/1943	10/1943	sold 3/1946
Rousay	T210	Goole SB	8/1941	20/12/1941	4/1942	sold 1948
Ruskholm	T211	Goole SB	8/1941	4/2/1942	5/1942	to Portugal 9/1949 (Baldaque da Silva)
Rysa	T164	Cochrane, Selby	11/1940	15/3/1941	8/1941	sunk 8/12/1943
St. Agnes	T352	Lewis, Aberdeen	1/1943	19/5/1943	9/1943	sold 3/1946
St. Kilda	T209	Hall, Aberdeen	12/1941	29/5/1942	9/1942	sold 10/1946
Sanda (RNZN)	T160	Goole SB	12/1940	12/7/1941	11/1941	sold 1958
Sandray	T424 - M424	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	6/1944	5/10/1944	12/1944	danlayer, sold 12/1960
Scalpay	T237	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	2/1942	2/6/1942	10/1942	wreck dispersal 3/1946
Scaravay	J425	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	6/1944	22/10/1944	1/1945	sold 11/1946
Scarba (RNZN)	T175	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	3/1941	26/6/1941	11/1941	sold 1958
Shapinsay	T176	Cochrane, Selby	11/1940	29/3/1941	9/1941	sold 8/1946
Sheppey (ex-Raasay)		Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	12/1941	1/4/1942	9/1942	to War Dept. 1946
Shiant	T170	Goole SB	2/1941	9/8/1941	11/1941	to Norway 1944 - 9/1946 (Jeløy), sold 1946
Shillay	T426 - M426	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	7/1944	18/11/1944	1/1945	danlayer, BU 9/1958
Skogholm	T376	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	6/1943	29/9/1943	12/1943	sold 1946
Skomer	T381	Lewis, Aberdeen	3/1943	17/6/1943	11/1943	wreck dispersal 1946
Skye	T163 - M163	Robb, Leith	7/1941	17/3/1942	7/1942	sold 5/1958
Sluna	T177	Cochrane, Selby	12/1940	14/4/1941	10/1941	sold 7/1946
Staffa	T159	Robb, Leith	8/1941	15/6/1942	8/1942	to Italy 1/1946 (DR 304)
Steepholm	T356	Lewis, Aberdeen	4/1943	15/7/1943	12/1943	BU 6/1960
Stroma	T150	Hall Russell, Aberdeen	4/1941	19/11/1941	1/1942	to Italy 3/1946 (DR 315)
Stronsay	T178	Inglis, Glasgow	5/1941	4/3/1942	4/1942	sunk 5/2/1943
Sursay	T427 - M427	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	8/1944	16/12/1944	2/1945	danlayer, BU 7/1967
Switha	T179	Inglis, Glasgow	5/1941	3/4/1942	6/1942	wreck dispersal 9/1945
Tahay	T452 - M452	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	8/1944	31/12/1944	3/1945	danlayer, sold 7/1963
Texada	T283	Midland, Canada	4/1942	27/7/1942	11/1942	sold 3/1946
Tiree	T180	Goole SB	4/1941	6/9/1941	1/1942	wreck dispersal 1946
Tocogay	T81 - M81	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	9/1944	7/2/1945	4/1945	danlayer, BU 11/1958
Trodday	T431 - M431	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	10/1944	3/3/1945	5/1945	danlayer, sold 9/1950
Trondra	T181	Lewis, Aberdeen	4/1941	4/10/1941	1/1942	wreck dispersal 1/1946
Ulva	T248	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	4/1942	30/7/1942	12/1942	sold 4/1946
Unst	T213	Ferguson, Glasgow	10/1941	28/5/1942	8/1942	to Italy 1/1946 (DR 303)
Vaceasay	T432 - M432	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	10/1944	17/3/1945	5/1945	danlayer, sold 1967
Vallay	T434 - M434	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	11/1944	10/4/1945	6/1945	danlayer, sold 1/1959
Vatersay	T378	Cochrane, Selby	8/1943	13/11/1943	4/1944	sold 3/1946
Wallasea	T345	Robb, Leith	8/1942	22/4/1943	7/1943	sunk 6/1/1944
Westray	T182	Lewis, Aberdeen	6/1941	4/11/1941	3/1942	sold 10/1946
Whalsay	T293	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	12/1941	4/4/1942	9/1942	to Portugal 10/1943 - 6/1945 (P4), to Portugal 6/1946 (Santa Maria)
Wiay	T341 - M341	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	1/1945	26/4/1945	7/1945	danlayer, sold 12/1960

controlled minelayers

Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Blackbird (ex-Sheppey)	T292	Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	11/1942	1/4/1943	6/1943	sold 1949
Dabchick (ex-Thorney)		Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	11/1942	9/3/1943	7/1943	to Malaysia 5/1954 (Penyu)
Stonechat (RCN)		Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	2/1944	28/8/1944	11/1944	BU 1967
Whitethroat (RCN)		Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull	5/1944	6/9/1944	12/1944	survey vessel 1960

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

"Tree", "Shakespearian", early "Isles": 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/87, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (30), sweeps

"Dances": 1 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/87, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (30 ГБ)

later "Isles": 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (30), sweeps

Annet, Bressay, Damsay, Fiaray, Foulness, Lindisfarne: 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I, 3 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (30), sweeps

minelayers: 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, mines
danlayers: (2 - 3) x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon

Sensors

Complement

35 - 40

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

Modernizations: 1942 - 1943, all survived trawlers with MGs: - 1 x 2 - 12.7/62; + 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon

Naval service: Juniper was sunk by gunfire of German cruiser Admiral Hipper, Laertes by German submarine U201, Jura by U371, Orfasy by U68, Stronsay by Italian submarine Avorio. Horatio was sunk by German MTB S58, Pine and Wallasea by German MTBs, Colsay was sunk by German manned torpedo and Gairsay by German explosive motor boat. Chestnut, Hickory, Almond, Ash, Rysa, Ganilly and Coriolanus were mined.

Lundy after war in an auxiliary role

Blackbird 1943

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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

"TREE", "DANCE", "SHAKESPEARIAN" and "ISLES" trawlers

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	"Tree", "Shakespearian", early "Isles": 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/87, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (30), sweeps "Dances": 1 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/87, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (30 ГБ) later "Isles": 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (30), sweeps Annet, Bressay, Damsay, Fiaray, Foulness, Lindisfarne: 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I, 3 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (30), sweeps minelayers: 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, mines danlayers: (2 - 3) x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
Sensors
Complement	35 - 40