"TREE"
Faial 1960
Santa Maria 1970
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Tree | |||||||
| P2 (ex-Mangrove), 2.1946- Faial | 1946- F, 1951- M410, 1956- M391 | Ferguson, Glasgow, UK | 8/1939 | 15.2.1940 | 4.1940 // 10.1943 | to United Kingdom 6.1945 - 2.1946 (Mangrove), discarded 1967 | |
| Dance | |||||||
| Salvador Correia (ex-Saltarelo), 1961- Baldaque da Silva | C, 1953- A522, 1961- A523 | Robb, Leith, UK | 1/1940 | 6.8.1940 | 10.1940 // 8.1946 | to Angola 1961 | |
| Isles | |||||||
| P1 (ex-Bruray), 2.1946- São Miguel | 2.1946- M, 1951- M403 | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK | 2.1942 | 1.6.1942 | 12.1942 // 10.1943 | to UK 7.1945 - 2.1946 (Bruray), discarded 1956 | |
| P3 (ex-Hayling), 6.1946- Terceira | 6.1946- T, 1951- M402, 1956- M393 | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK | 4.1942 | 17.8.1942 | 12.1942 // 10.1943 | to UK 7.1945 - 6.1946 (Hayling), discarded 1957 | |
| P4 (ex-Whalsay), 6.1946- Santa Maria | 6.1946- MR, 1951- M404, 1956- M392 | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK | 12.1941 | 4.4.1942 | 9.1942 // 10.1943 | to UK 6.1945 - 6.1946 (Whalsay), stricken 4.1971 | |
| P7 (ex-Gruinard) | Crown, Sunderland, UK | 4.1942 | 20.11.1942 | 3.1943 // 10.1943 | to UK 9.1944 (Gruinard) | ||
| P8 (ex-Eriskay) | Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, UK | 11.1941 | 28.8.1942 | 10.1942 // 10.1943 | to UK 6.1944 (Eriskay) | ||
| Baldaque da Silva (ex-Ruskholm), 1961- Salvador Correia | A523, 1961- A522 | Goole SB, UK | 8.1941 | 4.2.1942 | 5.1942 // 9.1949 | to Angola 1961 | |
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Displacement standard, t |
545 |
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Displacement full, t |
770 |
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Length, m |
50.0 |
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Breadth, m |
8.43 |
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Draught, m |
3.38 deep load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
850 |
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Max speed, kts |
12.25 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 183 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
"Tree": 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (30), mechanical minesweeping gear "Dances": 1 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (30) "Isles": 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (30), mechanical minesweeping gear |
| Electronic equipment | type 271 (some), type 290 (some) radars, type 122 sonar |
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Complement |
35 - 40 |
Project history: British Admiralty trawlers of Isles, Dance and Tree classes, chartered by Portugal in October, 1943 (first 6), used as patrols, escorts and minesweepers.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: In July, 1945 all 6 trawlers were returned to UK, but in 1946 four ships were redeemed by Portugueses and commissioned again under new names instead of number designations.
São Miguel 1953
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