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Naval trawlers were purpose-built or requisitioned and operated by the Royal Navy (RN), mainly during World Wars I and II. Vessels built to Admiralty specifications for RN use were known as Admiralty trawlers. All trawlers operated by the RN, regardless of origin, were typically given the prefix HMT, for "His Majesty's Trawler".
Minesweeper, Silhouette 1941, Royal Norwegian Navy, Royal Hellenic Navy Acheloos 1943, returned Feb 1947 HMT Busen 11: 1940: Minesweeper, Snowdrift 1941, Royal Norwegian Navy 1941, Royal Hellenic Navy Thasos 1943 HMT Bush: 1940: Auxiliary patrol, returned Sep 1946 HMT Byng: Oct 1939: Boom defence vessel, Balloon barrage vessel, returned 1946
Naval trawlers are vessels built along the lines of a fishing trawler but fitted out for naval purposes; they were widely used during the First and Second World Wars. Some, known in the Royal Navy as "Admiralty trawlers", were purpose-built to naval specifications; others were adapted from civilian use.
The Isles-class trawlers were a class of naval trawler used by the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II. The type comprised 197 vessels built between 1939 and 1945 in the nearly identical Isles, Dance , Tree and Shakespearian classes.
The Royal Naval Patrol Service has its origins in the Great War when the threat of mine warfare was first realized by the British Admiralty.The pre-war Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, is credited with recommending the use of Grimsby trawlers for minesweeping operations following visits he made to various East Coast Ports in 1907.
The Round Table class was a small class of trawlers built for the British Royal Navy in 1941–1942. [1] The class were built by two Aberdeen shipbuilding firms Hall, Russell & Company and J. Lewis & Sons Ltd. [2] All were built to a 1936 design, the Star of Orkney, [3] by Hall, Russell & Co but were commissioned as minesweepers. [4]
The Military class of Admiralty trawlers was a small class of trawlers built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. The vessels were intended for use as minesweepers and for anti-submarine warfare, and the design was based on a commercial type, Lady Madeleine by Cook Welton and Gemmell of Beverley. [2]
The Shakespearian-class trawler was a series of anti-submarine naval trawlers of the Royal Navy.Ships in the class had a displacement of 545 long tons (554 t), a top speed of 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) and a crew of 40 men.