Shakespearian-class trawler explained
The
Shakespearian-class trawler was a series of
anti-submarine naval trawlers of the
Royal Navy. Ships in the class had a
displacement of 5450NaN0, a top speed of 12kn and a
crew of 40 men. The trawlers were armed with a
QF 12-pounder [{{convert|76|mm|abbr=on}}] gun, three
20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns and thirty
depth charges. The class was nearly identical to the s, of which they are usually considered a subclass.
Coriolanus,
Horatio and
Laertes were lost during the war.
Othello, was transferred to Italy in 1946 and
Rosalind to Kenya, also in 1946. By the end of that year, only
Hamlet and
Macbeth remained in service with the Royal Navy; both were sold in 1947.
Ships in class
- Built by Cochrane & Sons, Selby, UK
- – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- – Launched 1940, war loss 1945
- – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, UK
- – Launched 24 July 1940, sold 1947
- – Launched 1940, war loss 1943
- – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- – Launched 1940, war loss 1942
- Built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Goole, UK
- – Launched 3 October 1940, sold 1947
- – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Built by Hall, Russell & Company, Ltd., Aberdeen, UK
- – Launched 1941, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 310
- Built by A. & J. Inglis, Ltd., Glasgow, UK
- – Launched 1941, sold 1946
- – Launched 3 May 1941, transferred to Kenya 1946, joined Royal East African Navy 1952, redeployed to Madagascar 1964
See also
References
- Robert Gardiner (ed. dir.), Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946, p. 66. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1980.
- Francis E. McMurtrie and Raymond V.B. Blackman (eds.), Jane's Fighting Ships 1949–50, pp. 102, 217. New York: The McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1949.
- Antony Preston (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II, p. 77. New York: Military Press, 1989. This is mainly a reprint of Jane's Fighting Ships 1946–47 with some materials from earlier editions.
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