Tree-class trawler
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators | |
| Built | 1939 - 1945 |
| Completed | 20 |
| Lost | 6 |
| General characteristics[1] | |
| Type | Naval trawler |
| Displacement | 545 tons |
| Length | 164 ft (50 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m) |
| Draught | 11 feet i inch (mean) |
| Propulsion | One triple expansionreciprocating engine,1 shaft, 850 ihp |
| Speed | 12 knots |
| Complement | 40 |
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Tree-class trawlerswere a class ofanti-submarinenaval trawlerswhich served in theRoyal Navyduring theSecond World War.They were nearly identical to theIsles-classtrawlers,of which they are usually considered a subclass.
Six Tree-class trawlers were lost during the war:Almond, Ash, Chestnut, Hickory, JuniperandPine.One,Mangrove,was transferred to Portugal in 1943.
By the end of 1946, onlyOliveandWalnutremained in service with the Royal Navy.[2]Both were sold in 1948.
Ships in class[edit]
- Built byArdrossan Dockyard Company,Ardrossan,UK
- Built byCochrane & Sons, Ltd.,Selby,UK
- Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell,Beverley,UK
- Birch- Launched 1939, sold 1946
- Blackthorn- launched 1939, sold 1946
- Built byFerguson Brothers,Ltd.,Port Glasgow,UK
- Juniper- Launched 15 December 1939, commissioned 9 March 1940; sunk in theNorwegian Sea,8 June 1940.[3]
- Mangrove- Launched 4 April 1942, transferred to Portugal 1943 asFaial(P2)
- Built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Company,Goole,UK
- Built byHall, Russell & Company,Aberdeen,UK
- Built byA. & J. Inglis,Ltd.,Glasgow,UK (part ofHarland and Wolff)
- Built byHenry Robb, Ltd.,Leith,UK
- Built by Smith's Dock Company, Ltd., South Bank-on-Tees, UK
- Rowan- Launched 1939, sold 1946
- Walnut- Launched 1939, sold 1948 as Baltic refugee ship
- Whitethorn- Launched 1939, sold 1946
- Wistaria- Launched 1939, sold 1946
References[edit]
- ^Robert Gardiner (ed. dir.),Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships,p. 66. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1980.
- ^Antony Preston (ed.),Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II,p. 78. New York: Military Press, 1989. This is largely a reprint ofJane's Fighting Ships 1946-47with materials from some earlier editions.
- ^Richard Humble,Hitler's High Seas Fleet,p. 57. New York: Ballantine Books, 1971.