Round Table-class trawler explained

The Round Table class was a small class of trawlers built for the British Royal Navy in 1941–1942.^[1] The class were built by two Aberdeen shipbuilding firms Hall, Russell & Company and J. Lewis & Sons Ltd.^[2]

All were built to a 1936 design, the Star of Orkney,^[3] by Hall, Russell & Co but were commissioned as minesweepers.^[4] Two of the class, Sir Galahad and Sir Lancelot were converted to danlayers.^[1]

Ships

The ships (and assigned pennant numbers)^[5] in the class were:

• Sir Agravaine (T230) launched 5 March 1942
• Sir Galahad (T226) launched 18 December 1941
• Sir Gareth (T227) launched 19 January 1942
• Sir Geraint (T240) launched 15 April 1942
• Sir Kay (T241) launched 26 October 1942
• Sir Lamorack (T242) launched 23 November 1942
• Sir Lancelot (T228) launched 4 December 1941
• Sir Tristram (T229) launched 17 January 1942

See also

• Trawlers of the Royal Navy

Notes and References

1. Web site: Admiralty Trawlers. battleships-cruisers.co.uk. 9 March 2010.
2. Web site: Round Table class MS Trawlers . uboat.net . 25 March 2011 .
3. Book: Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 . 57 . 1980 . 0-85177-146-7.
4. Web site: Sir Galahad. Aberdeen Ships. Aberdeen Built Ships Project. 9 March 2010.
5. Book: Index of ships by pennant numbers . 15 March 2010. US Navy Directorate of Naval Intelligence . 47.