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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

"MILITARY" trawlers (1915)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Lancer, 1917- Lancer II   596 Smiths Dock, South Bank   17.12.1914 2.1915 collision 18.7.1918
Dragoon, 1920- Drummer   599 Smiths Dock, South Bank   16.1.1915 2.1915 sold 2.1920, minesweeper 8.1939, sunk 4.8.1940
Gunner   600 Smiths Dock, South Bank   16.1.1915 2.1915 sold 1920
Fusilier, 1919- Carbinier II   602 Smiths Dock, South Bank   1.2.1915 3.1915 sold 2.1920, patrol 5.1940 - 1940
Sapper   601 Smiths Dock, South Bank   1.2.1915 3.1915 foundered 29.12.1917
Carbineer   603 Smiths Dock, South Bank   15.2.1915 3.1915 wrecked 18.5.1916
Bombardier   597 Smiths Dock, South Bank   1.4.1915 5.1915 sold 5.1920
Brigadier, 1920- Bugler   598 Smiths Dock, South Bank   1.4.1915 5.1915 sold 5.1920
Highlander   624 Smiths Dock, South Bank   29.4.1915 1915 sold 1921
Trooper   625 Smiths Dock, South Bank   29.4.1915 6.1915 sold 10.1920

 

Displacement normal, t

Bombardier, Brigadier: 303

Carbineer, Dragoon, Fusilier, Lancer, Sapper: 276

Highlander, Trooper: 239

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

Bombardier, Brigadier, Carbineer, Dragoon, Fusilier, Lancer, Sapper: 39.6 pp

Highlander, Trooper: 36.0 pp

Breadth, m

Bombardier, Brigadier: 7.32

Carbineer, Dragoon, Fusilier, Lancer, Sapper: 7.16

Highlander, Trooper: 6.86

Draught, m

Bombardier, Brigadier: 4.04

Carbineer, Dragoon, Fusilier, Lancer, Sapper: 3.73

Highlander, Trooper: 3.81

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

Bombardier, Brigadier, Fusilier, Sapper: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II, mechanical minesweeping gear

Carbineer, Lancer: 1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, mechanical minesweeping gear

Dragoon: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II, 1 DCT, mechanical minesweeping gear

Highlander, Trooper: 1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

 

Project history: Trawlers purchased by Admiralty before completion. Gunner was completed as Q-ship.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Lancer II collided off Brighton 18.7.1918. Sapper foundered off Ower's 29.12.1917.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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