Cotillion 1917
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Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
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transferred 10.1917 |
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Roger de Coverley, 1918- Coverley |
1244 |
228 |
Ferguson, Glasgow |
1917 |
19.7.1917 |
1917 |
sold 5.1920 |
|
Hornpipe |
1243 |
273 |
Murdoch & Murray, Glasgow |
1917 |
25.7.1917 |
1917 |
sold 5.1920 |
|
Cotillion (ex-T92) |
1240 |
Day Summers, Southampton |
1917 |
4.9.1917 |
1917 |
sold 5.1920 |
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Minuet (ex-T93) |
1241 |
Day Summers, Southampton |
1917 |
18.9.1917 |
1917 |
sold 5.1920 |
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Quadrille |
1245 |
229 |
Ferguson, Glasgow |
1917 |
21.9.1917 |
1917 |
sold 5.1920 |
|
Mazurka |
1242 |
274 |
Murdoch & Murray, Glasgow |
1917 |
13.10.1917 |
1917 |
sold 5.1920 |
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transferred 12.1917 |
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Pirouette |
1645 |
1308 |
Rennie Forrest, Wivenhoe |
1917 |
10.9.1917 |
1917 |
to War Dept. 1920 |
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Tarantella (ex-T95) |
1642 |
343 |
Hamilton, Glasgow |
1917 |
22.10.1917 |
1917 |
sold 1921 |
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Gavotte |
1643 |
213 |
Goole SB |
1917 |
1.3.1918 |
1918 |
to War Dept. 1920 |
|
Sarabande |
1644 |
214 |
Goole SB |
1917 |
12.4.1918 |
1918 |
to War Dept. 1920 |
|
transferred 4.1919 |
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Fandango (ex-T98) |
T2N |
Lytham SB |
1917 |
1917 |
1919 |
sunk 3.7.1919 |
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Morris Dance (ex-T99) |
T0N |
Lytham SB |
1917 |
1918 |
1919 |
sold 5.1920 |
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Step Dance (ex-ET11) |
T1N |
Lytham SB |
1917 |
1918 |
1919 |
sold 5.1920 |
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Sword Dance (ex-ET10) |
T3N |
Lytham SB |
1917 |
1918 |
1919 |
sunk 24.6.1919 |
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Displacement normal, t |
transferred 10.1917: 290 transferred 12.1917 and 4.1919: 265 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
39.6 |
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Breadth, m |
8.01 |
|
Draught, m |
1.14 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
450 |
|
Max speed, kts |
9.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 37 - 42 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
Cotillion, Coverley, Pirouette, Quadrille, Sarabande: 1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, mechanical minesweeping gear Hornpipe, Minouet, Mazurka, Fandango, Morris Dance, Step Dance, Sword Dance: 1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, mechanical minesweeping gear Gavotte, Tarantella: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II, 1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, mechanical minesweeping gear |
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Complement |
22 - 26 |
Project history: In July 1917 a requirement for shallow-draught minesweepers arose, to permit inshore sweeping at low tide. The Director of Auxiliary Vessels suggested that some of the 'tunnel tugs' building for the War Office for service in Mesopotamia could be adapted, as their draught was only 1.07m. Six currently under construction were then bought from the War Office in October 1917 at a cost of £169,350. In December 1917 four more were taken over at a cost of £4500 per ship, on the understanding that they would revert to the War Office after the end of the War. These 10 ships were converted during construction, being given a trawl winch and a light pattern of sweep gear. Despite being somewhat spartan in their accommodation they were successful, and all were based at Dunkirk in 1918, sweeping mines off the Flanders coast. In April 1919 another four were acquired for service in North Russia. They were specially modified for the extremes of weather at Archangel, with mosquito netting, as well as heaters to enable aircraft engines to be warmed up in cold weather. They were boarded up for the long voyage in tow.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Fandango was mined in the Dvina River on 3 July 1919, and Sword Dance on 24 June 1919.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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