DR301 1960
DR301 1946
"DANCE"
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Dance | |||||||
| DR307 (ex-Minuet) | M5307 | Ferguson, Glasgow, UK | 1.3.1941 | 6.1941 // 2.1946 | discarded 1965 | ||
| DR308 (ex-Two Step, ex-Tarantella) | M5308 | Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK | 27.1.1941 | 5.1941 // 2.1946 | discarded 1965 | ||
| DR312 (ex-Gavotte) | M5312 | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK | 7.5.1940 | 8.1940 // 3.1946 | discarded 1965 | ||
| DR316 (ex-Hornpipe) | M5316 | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK | 21.5.1940 | 9.1940 // 3.1946 | discarded 1965 | ||
| Shakespearian | |||||||
| DR310 (ex-Othello) | M5310 | Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK | 7.10.1941 | 12.1941 // 3.1946 | discarded 1965 | ||
| Isles | |||||||
| DR301 (ex-Burra) | M5301 | Goole SB, UK | 10.1940 | 29.3.1941 | 7.1941 // 1.1946 | discarded 1965 | |
| DR302 (ex-Cumbrae) | M5302 | Cochrane, Selby, UK | 9.1940 | 20.12.1940 | 5.1941 // 1.1946 | discarded 1965 | |
| DR303 (ex-Unst) | M5303 | Ferguson, Glasgow, UK | 10.1941 | 28.5.1942 | 8.1942 // 2.1946 | discarded 1965 | |
| DR304 (ex-Staffa) | M5304 | Robb, Leith, UK | 8.1941 | 15.6.1942 | 8.1942 // 1.1946 | discarded 1965 | |
| DR305 (ex-Filla) | M5305 | Crown, Sunderland, UK | 9.1941 | 2.4.1942 | 8.1942 // 1.1946 | discarded 1965 | |
| DR306 (ex-Egilsay) | M5306 | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK | 10.1941 | 7.2.1942 | 7.1942 // 2.1946 | discarded 1965 | |
| DR309 (ex-Grain) | M5309 | Cochrane, Selby, UK | 4.1943 | 17.8.1943 | 12.1943 // 3.1946 | discarded 1965 | |
| DR311 (ex-Mousa) | M5311 | Goole SB, UK | 2.1942 | 1.6.1942 | 8.1942 // 2.1946 | discarded 1965 | |
| DR313 (ex-Foula) | M5313 | Cochrane, Selby, UK | 4.1941 | 28.7.1941 | 2.1942 // 2.1946 | discarded 1965 | |
| DR314 (ex-Ensay) | M5314 | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK | 10.1941 | 5.3.1942 | 8.1942 // 2.1946 | discarded 1965 | |
| DR315 (ex-Stroma) | M5315 | Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK | 4.1941 | 19.11.1941 | 1.1942 // 3.1946 | discarded 1965 | |
|
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 |
1 VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler |
|
Power, h. p. |
850 |
|
Max speed, kts |
12.25 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 183 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armament |
DR301 - 306, 309 - 311, 313 - 315: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/III/IV, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (30), mechanical minesweeping gear DR307, 308, 312, 316: 1 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (30), mechanical minesweeping gear |
| Electronic equipment | type 271 (some), type 290 (some) radars, type 122 sonar |
|
Complement |
35 - 40 |
Project history: Ex-British trawlers. Development of Basset class. "Shakespearian" and "Isles" classes were intended for minesweeping, "Dance" class was used in ASW role.
Modernizations: 1956, all: - 1 x 1 - 76/40 or 1 x 1 - 102/45
Naval service: No significant events.
HMS Lundy after war in an auxiliary role
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