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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

WWI auxiliary patrol vessels

more than 1000 BRT:

Name Launched // Comm. Builder Tonnage, BRT Dimensions (LppxB), m Speed, kts Machinery, Fuel, t Armament Fate
Gallia 1904 // mid-1917 Stre Reunis, Nantes, France 1284 79.5x8.7 14 2VTE 1-120/40 stricken 1919
Indravati 19.3.1896 // mid-1917 Ailsa SB, Troon 1053 64.5x9.5 12.5 1VTE   stricken 1919
Katoria 24.10.1889 // mid-1917 Denny, Dumbarton 1127 73.2x10.4 13 1VTE   stricken 1919
Lady Fraser (RIM) 14.3.1908 // mid-1917 Fairfield, Govan 1669 86.0x11.6 12.5 2VTE   stricken 1919
Lhasa 13.7.1904 // mid-1917 Denny, Dumbarton 2171 84.1x13.4 16 3turbines   stricken 1919
Mahanadi 28.5.1892 // mid-1917 Ailsa SB, Troon 1190 69.2x10.0 13 1VTE   stricken 1919
Mayo (RIM) 23.9.1896 // mid-1917 Swan Hunter, Wallsend 1778 85.6x11.6   1VTE   sunk 8.9.1916
Satrunji 22.10.1892 // mid-1917 Ailsa SB, Troon 1192 69.2x10.1 13 1VTE   stricken 1919
Mourilyan (RAN) 16.6.1908 // 5.1918 Stephen, Linthouse 1349 67.3x11.0 11.5 2VTE 1 - 120/40, 2-47 stricken 1921
Belize 25.3.1914 // 2.1917 Caledon SB, Dundee 1498 67.2x11.3 12 2VTE 1-76/40 stricken 2.1919
Alader Youssanoff 1905 // 1.1919   2071       1-76/40 stricken 8.1919
Orlionoch 1883 // 1918   1406       2-102/55 stricken 8.1919

100 - 1000 BRT:

Cleethorpes (1903, 273, 6.1916 - 4.1919); Duchess of Norfolk (1911, 381, 5.1916 - 4.1919); Duchess of Richmond (1910, 354, 5.1916 - 4.1919); Duchess of York (1896, 302, 5.1916 - 6.1921); Duke (ex-Duke of Devonshire), 3.1919- Duke II (1896, 257, 5.1916 - 4.1919); Emperor of India II (ex-Princess Royal), 5.1918- Mahratta (1906, 482, 5.1916 - 4.1919); Ivy (1895, 870, 1-76, 9.1914 - 1919); Majestic II (1901, 408, 5.1916 - 28.7.1916); Marchioness of Lorne (1891, 295, 6.1916 - 4.1919); Minerva II (1893, 315, 6.1916 - 4.1919); Princess Mary, 5.1916- Princess Mary II (1911, 326, 5.1916 - 2.8.1919); Queen IV (1902, 345, 5.1916 - 4.1919); Stirling Castle (1899, 271, 5.1916 - 26.9.1916)

miscellaneous patrol vessels

Dirk (1909, 181, 1-76, 9.1917 - 28.5.1918); Lochiel (1908, 241, 1-76, 9.1917 - 24.7.1918); Robina (1914, 306, 11.1914 - 6.1919); Syria (1898, 750, 11.1914 - 7.1916); Porpoise (,, 2-76, 9.1914 - 1919); Remus (1913, 203, 3-76, 9.1914 - 1919); Sunda (1899, 120, 8.1914 - 1919); Adjutant (1905, 231, 10.1914 - 6.2.1915); Duplex (ex-Nentwater) (1872, 874, 11.1914 - 8.1915); Guendolen (1899, 250, 11.1914 - 1915); Hellmuth (1899, 774, 11.1914 - 1915); Ashmani (mid-1917 - 1919); Badora (1914, 279, mid-1917 - 1919); Bahrein (RIM) (,, 5.1915 - 1919); Balgay (1897, 303, mid-1917 - 1919); Ban Whatt Hin (1885, 361, mid-1917 - 1919); Bhamo (RIM) (1896, 255, mid-1917 - 1919); Curlew (1876, 305, mid-1917 - 1919); Elephanta (RIM) (,, mid-1917 - 1919); General Brackenbury (, 127, mid-1917 - 1919); General Elles (, 154, mid-1917 - 1919); Goliath (1902, 310, mid-1917 - 1919); Hindu (1894, 770, mid-1917 - 1919); Hye Leong (1882, 494, 10.1917 - 1919); Irrawadi (, 338, mid-1917 - 1919); Jattra (1896, 371, mid-1917 - 1919); Kaipan (1888, 300, mid-1917 - 1919); Lark (1891, 133, mid-1917 - 1919); Nearchus (1914, 925, mid-1917 - 1919); Nilla (1908, 208, mid-1917 - 1919); Retriever (,, mid-1917 - 1919); Rose (1904, 308, mid-1917 - 1919); Samson (1902, 310, mid-1917 - 1919); Sandoway (1915, 291, mid-1917 - 1919); Sarasvati (1907, 962, mid-1917 - 1919); Sheikh-Berkhud (1891, 327, 5.1917 - 1919); Sladen (RIM) (1886, 270, mid-1917 - 1919); Tarotyua (1914, 133, mid-1917 - 1919); Violet (1913, 251, 6.1914 - 1919); Zahora (, 200, 12.1917 - 1919); Brunei (1905, 126, mid-1916 - 1919); Carlyle (1905, 199, mid-1916 - 1919); Christopher Wren (1905, 120, mid-1916 - 1919); Edmund Ironsides (1905, 116, mid-1916 - 1919); Fitz Ailwin (1905, 116, mid-1916 - 1919); Blosse Lynch (,, 2-88, 12.1914 - 1919); Julnar (1909, 884, 4.1916 - 24.6.1918), Massoudieh (,, 6.1915 - 1919); Mejidieh (1882, 463, 2-88, 12.1914 - 1919); Azerbaijan (RIM) (,, 10.1918 - 11.1919); Comet (, 144, 11.1914 - 1.12.1915); Mozaffir (,, 3.1915 - 1919); Quandmere (,, 9.1916 - 1919); Shusan (,, 1-76, 3.1915 - 1919); Coogie (RAN) (ex-Lancashire Witch) (1887, 762, 1-120/40, 5.1918 - 1921); Gannet (RAN) (ex-Penguin) (, 208, 1-76, 7.1918 - 1919); PV.I (ex-William B. Murray) (1912, 390, 1-76, 3.1917 - 1919); PV.II (ex-Amagansett) (1912, 390, 1-76, 3.1917 - 4.1919); PV.III (ex-Herbert N. Edwards) (1911, 323, 1-76, 3.1917 - 4.1919); PV.IV (ex-Martin J. Marran) (1911, 308, 1-76, 3.1917 - 4.1919); PV.V (ex-Pollin E. Mason) (1911, 323, 1-76, 3.1917 - 4.1919); PV.VI (ex-Leander Wilcox) (1903, 205, 1-76, 4.1917 - 4.1919); PV.VII (ex-Rowland H. Wilcox) (1911, 247, 1-76, 4.1917 - 4.1919); Acadia (1913, 846, 1-102/40, 12.1914 - 1919); Albacore (,, 12.1914 - 1919); Baleine (1907, 418, 12.1914 - 1919); Canada (1904, 411, 2-76, 12.1914 - 1919); Cartier (1910, 556, 3-76, 12.1914 - 1919); Constance (1891, 400, 12.1914 - 1919); Curlew (1892, 400, 12.1914 - 1919); Deliverance (1914, 280, 12.1914 - 1919); Falcon (,, 12.1914 - 1919); Florence (1883, 133, 12.1914 - 1919); Galiano (1913, 393, 12.1914 - 30.10.1918); Malaspina (1913, 392, 12.1914 - 1919); Margaret (1914, 756, 12.1914 - 1919); Newington (1899, 193, 12.1914 - 1919); Petrel (1892, 192, 12.1914 - 1919); Premier (1907, 254, 12.1914 - 1919); Sable Island (1914, 734, 12.1914 - 1919); Scotsman (1903, 285, 12.1914 - 1919); Speedy II (1896, 252, 12.1914 - 1919); Gopher (1910, 198, 10.1915 - 1919); Grib (1907, 140, 5.1917 - 1919); Grilse (1912, 287, 2-76, 1-356TT, 1917 - 1919); Hochelaga (ex-Waturas) (1900, 628, 1-76, 1917 - 1919); Lady Evelyn (ex-Deerhound) (1901, 483, 6.1917 - 1919); Lansdowne (1884, 680, 4.1917 - 1919); Laurentian (ex-King Edward) (1902, 355, 5.1917 - 1919); Musquash (1910, 198, 10.1915 - 1919); Starling (1888, 193, 1917 - 1919); Tuna (ex-Tarantula) (1902, 124, 2-356TT, 1917 - 1919); Arawana (1914, 152, 1-76, 3.1917 - 1.1919); Essequibo (1891, 202, 2-76, 3.1917 - 1.1919); Parika (1904, 304, 2-76, 3.1917 - 1.1919); Puruni (1905, 295, 2-76, 3.1917 - 29.8.1918); St. Patrick (1913, 180, 2.1917 - 2.1919); Towy (1914, 199, 2.1917 - 2.1919); Borodino (,, 4.1919 - 9.1919); Dublin Castle (,, 2-152/40, 1918 - 7.1919); Edinburgh Castle (,, 1-76, 1918 - 7.1919); Windsor Castle (,, 4-102/40, 1918 - 8.1919)

hired patrol tugs

Alexandra (1907, 168, 10.1914 - 12.1914); Beaver (1897, 154, 10.1914 - 11.1914); Blackcock (1886, 254, 8.1914 - 11.1914); Harrington (1903, 149, 10.1914 - 12.1914); Herculaneum (1909, 172, 10.1914 - 12.1914); Hornby (1909, 168, 10.1914 - 5.1916); Knight Errant (1905, 148, 10.1914 - 11.1914); North Cock (1903, 149, 10.1914 - 11.1914); Otter (1887, 165, 10.1914 - 11.1914); Ralph Brocklebank (1903, 173, 10.1914 - 11.1914); Torfrida (1889, 133, 11.1914 - 11.1914); W. E. Dorrington (1906, 175, 10.1914 - 11.1914); Wallasey (1903, 149, 10.1914 - 12.1914)

Project history: merchant vessels converted to armed boarding steamers. They were employed on examination duties at sea for the purpose of enforcing the naval blockade.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service:  Format of date including day/month/year means loss of the vessel. Format of date containing month/year means return to owner or conversion to miscellaneous vessel. Mayo was sunk 8.9.1916 by German submarine.

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