Castle-class trawler explained

The Castle-class minesweeper was a highly seaworthy naval trawler adapted for patrol, anti-submarine warfare and minesweeping duties and built to Admiralty specifications. Altogether 197 were built in the United Kingdom between 1916 and 1919, with others built in Canada, India and later New Zealand. Many saw service in the Second World War.

First World War

The Castle class originated with the commercial trawler Raglan Castle of 1915,[1] [2] [3] taken up for Royal Navy service. The design was adapted by Smith's Dock Company Ltd to Admiralty requirements for building in quantity.

During World War I, 145 were built in the United Kingdom for the Admiralty. The names of the vessels were derived from the official crew rosters of ships at the Battle of Trafalgar. Non-standard ships included in the class varied between and, with dimensions varying between 35.8and length and 6.71and beam. The first standard vessel, Nathaniel Cole, was delivered in May 1917. After the war 52 further ships on order were completed as fishing vessels and many of the minesweepers were converted for commercial use. 20 ships were also cancelled, but many were completed by the shipbuilders for commercial owners.

The Admiralty also ordered 60 Castle-class trawlers from Canadian shipyards, the TR series, which were loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy for seaward defence of the east coast of Canada. Some entered service with the United States Navy. Nine ships were also built in India with teak planking on steel frames.

Second World War

Many Castle-class trawlers were among the civilian trawlers requisitioned by the Royal Navy for use in World War II. The majority were employed as minesweepers, with others serving as auxiliary patrol vessels, boom defense vessels, danlayers, Essos (fuel carriers), torpedo recovery vessels and water carriers. Many had multiple roles over the course of the war. After the end of the war, most of those that had survived were either sold or returned to their owners.[4]

German captured

Early in World War II, ten Canadian-built trawlers that had been sold into commercial service after World War I with a number of European countries were captured by the Germans when they overran France, Belgium and Norway and put in Kriegsmarine service.

New Zealand additions

In 1940, the New Zealand Government, facing a requirement for minesweepers to operate in home waters, directed the building of 13 Castle-class naval trawlers in New Zealand to add to the two vessels, James Cosgrove and Wakakura, they had previously purchased. The Castle-class design was chosen over more modern alternatives because it was simple enough to be built with the country's limited ship construction facilities.[5] [6]

Ships in class

Non-standard

ShipBuilderLaunchedCompletedFateSecond World WarWWII Loss
Daniel Harrington (FY3505)Smiths Dock8 February 1917April 1917Sold 1920Lucienne Jeanne (FY1769)Mined 24 October 1941 in the Thames estuary
Daniel Henley (FY3503)Smiths Dock24 January 1917March 1917Sold 4 May 1920Kilgerran Castle02.12.1940 Bombed S of Cobh at 51.21N, 08.35W.[7]
Festing Grindall (FY3501)Smiths Dock9 January 1917March 1917Sold 11 May 1920, wrecked 4 Oct 1928. [8]
George Aunger (FY3611)Cook, Welton & Gemmell20 September 1917January 1918Sold 1922. Wrecked 1930 May Isl., Firth of Forth
Hugh Black (FY3602)Cook, Welton & Gemmell10 May 1917August 1917Sold 1923. Wrecked 1950 off IcelandOgano (FY803)
James Berry (FY3603)Cook, Welton & Gemmell10 May 1917August 1917Sold 1922. Scrapped 1953 at GrantonMontamo (4.171)
James Hunniford (FY3504)Smiths Dock24 January 1917March 1917Sold 1920Ethel TaylorMined 22 November 1940 off the Tyne
James Johnson (FY3506)Smiths Dock8 February 1917April 1917Sold 19221941 mined and sunk 4nm from Spurn Point
John Anderson (FY3610)Cook, Welton & Gemmell20 September 1917December 1917Sold 1922. Scrapped 1957 at BarrowCharles Doran (FY597)
John Brennan (FY3609)Cook, Welton & Gemmell4 September 1917January 1918Sold 1922. Foundered 1956 off Faeroe Isl.Osako (FY580)
John Brice (FY3608)Cook, Welton & Gemmell22 August 1917January 1918Sold 1924. Scrapped 1952 at GraysBeaulne Verneuil
John Brooker (FY3605)Cook, Welton & Gemmell9 June 1917December 1917Sold 1921. Scrapped 1962Loch Park (FY1835)
John Burlingham (FY3600)Cook, Welton & Gemmell21 April 1917July 1917Sold 1920. Scrapped 1961 at KrimpenRehearo (FY1794)
John Gillman (FY3502)Smiths Dock9 January 1917March 1917Sold 1920. Scrapped 1955 [9]
Richard Bagley (FY3604)Cook, Welton & Gemmell9 June 1917September 1917Sold 1921. Scrapped 1954Malacolite (FY796)
Robert Betson (FY3601)Cook, Welton & Gemmell21 April 1917July 1917Sold 1920RemilloMined 27 February 1941 in the Humber
Thomas Blackthorn (FY3606)Cook, Welton & Gemmell7 July 1917December 1917Loaned to USN 1919, sold 1922, wrecked 1923 Buckton Cliff, Filey
Thomas Buckley (FY3607)Cook, Welton & Gemmell7 July 1917December 1917Loaned to USN 1919, sold 1922. Scrapped 1960 at CharlestownCeylonite (FY1853)

Standard

ShipBuilderLaunchedCompletedFateSecond World WarWWII Loss
Alexander Palmer (FY3517)Smiths Dock21 May 1917June 1917Sold 1922 to Spain. Shelled and sunk at Málaga by 9 October 1936.
Alexander Scott (FY3530)Smiths Dock3 August 1917September 1917Sold 4 May 1920. Scrapped 1956 at Milford HavenAlexander Scott (FY515)
Andrew Anderson (FY4405)Cook, Welton & Gemmell15 August 1919April 1920Completed as fishing vessel, sold 13 February 1922, wrecked 1949 near Castillo de San Sebastian
Andrew Apsley (FY4298)Cook, Welton & Gemmell2 June 1919December 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 13 October 1919Milford EarlBombed 8 Dec 1941 off east coast of Scotland
Andrew Sack (FY3523)Smiths Dock5 July 1917August 1917Sold 1924. Not in LR 1959.North Ness (4.100)
Arthur Cavanagh (FY3677)Bow McLachlan8 May 191828 May 1918Sold 1925. Scrapped 1962Arthur Cavenagh (FY566)
Arthur Lessimore (FY3510)Smiths Dock9 March 1917May 1917Sold 1924Irvana (FY663)Bombed 16 January 1942 off Great Yarmouth
Benjamin Cooke (FY3667)Bow McLachlanOctober 20171 November 1917Sold 1922. Scrapped 1953 at Barrow-in-Furness [10] Namur
Benjamin Stevenson (FY3522)Smiths Dock19 June 1917July 1917Sunk 18 August 1917 by S/M gunfire 40 miles E. of Fetlar, Shetlands
Charles Antram (FY4401)Cook, Welton & Gemmell18 June 1919February 1920Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1922, scrapped 1959 at Troon.Flanders (FY600)
Charles Boyes (FY3593)Cook, Welton & Gemmell1 October 1917June 1918Sold 1921Charles Boyes (FY3677)Mined 25 May 1940 in the North Sea
Charles Chappell (FY3662)Bow McLachlan19 June 1917July 1917Sold 1922 to Greek owners as S.Nicola, later Nikolaos L. Captured by German Navy 4.4111.V.2 – GermanWrecked 24.9.41 in Myrina, Lemnos Island.[11]
Charles Donelly (FY3679)Bow McLachlan28 June 191812 July 1918Sold 4 May 1920. Scrapped 1953 in Glasgow.Pelagos (4.103)
Charles Legg (FY4213)J P Rennoldson19 November 191820 January 1919Sold 1923. Scrapped 1959 [12] Milford Countess (FY564)
Daniel Clowden (FY4446)George Brown13 November 191913 November 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 8 August 1919. Scrapped 1952.Daniel Clowden (FY531)
Daniel Dick (FY4488)J P Rennoldson17 May 192025 August 1920Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1921. Scrapped 1955.[13] Clyth Ness (FY1596)
Daniel Leary (FY4221)C Rennoldson30 July 19199 July 1920Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1923, wrecked 1934 and scrapped.[14]
David Dillon (FY4484)J P RennoldsonMay 201928 July 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 28 July 1919, scrapped 1958 [15] Edward Walmsley (FY624)
David Ogilvie (FY3514)Smiths Dock7 May 1917June 1917Sold 1919. Not in LR 1951.[16] David Ogilvie (FY720)
Denis Casey (FY3711)Ailsa13 December 191719/03/1918Sold July 1920. Wrecked 1926 in Galway Bay.[17]
Dominick Addison (FY4296)Cook, Welton & Gemmell2 April 1919November 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919. Scrapped 1960 at Boom.Gadfly (FY517)
Dominick Dubine (FY3726)J P Rennoldson14 March 191815 May 1918Sold 4 May 1920. Scrapped 1952 at Dieppe.Fructidor (AD52) – French
Domque Gentile (FY3793)Ailsa5 August 1918October 1918Sold 1921, believed scrapped 1978 [18] "Santiago Rusinol" – Spanish
Edward Cattelly (FY4459)Ailsa17 March 1919May 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919Loch NaverLost 6 May 1940 in collision off Hartlepool
Edward Collingwood (FY3675)Bow McLachlan9 April 191826 April 1918Sold 1922. Scrapped 1953.T.R. Ferrens (FY532)
Edward Gallagher (FY4216)C Rennoldson14 February 1919August 1919Completed as fishing vessel Ebor Dawns, sold 1919, scrapped 1958 at Dublin [19] Cardiff Castle (FY512)
Egilias Akerman (FY4294)Cook, Welton & Gemmell18 March 1919November 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919Computator (FY635)Sunk 21 January 1945 in collision with off Normandy
Emmanuel Camelaire (FY3717)Ailsa25 April 1918May 1918Sold 1921, Scrapped 1957 at Milford Haven.[20] Brabant (FY586)
Francis Conlin (FY4458)Ailsa21 January 1919March 1919Completed as fishing vessel Inverythan, sold 1919, scrapped 1978 in GreeceMiranda – Greek
Frederick Bush (FY3594)Cook, Welton & Gemmell14 March 1918June 1918Sold 1922, foundered E of Ireland 1 Nov 1928.
George Adgell (FY4402)Cook, Welton & Gemmell18 June 1919January 1920Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1920, scrapped 1953 at Preston.George Adgell (FY1926)
George Aiken (FY4291)Cook, Welton & Gemmell19 December 1918August 1920Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919, scrapped 1971 in SpainSanta Urbana – Spanish
George Clarke (FY3714)J P Rennoldson2 October 1917December 1917Loaned to USN 1919, sold 1923, scrapped 1960 at Charlestown.Lady Stanley (4.233)
George Cochran (FY3721)Cook, Welton & Gemmell28 June 1918December 1918Loaned to USN 1919, sold 1920, went missing at sea 1929
George Corten (FY3697)Cox & Co19186 February 1919Sold 1921Northcoates (FY548)Sank 2 December 1944 during a storm while under tow off Littlehampton
George Cousins (FY4461)Ailsa13 June 1919August 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919, scrapped 1956.George Cousins (FY627)
George Darby (FY3681)Bow McLachlan24 September 191821 October 1918Sold 1923, sold for breaking up 1967 – also reported as wrecked 1968.Guimera – Spanish
George Greaves (FY3790)George Brown191912 May 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919Raglan Castle (FY631)
George Greenfield (FY3787)George Brown11 September 191815 October 1918Sold 1921. Lost off Sisargas Islands, Spain 1947.Pacifico – Spanish
George Harris (FY3854)Hepple & Co20 September 191812 December 1918Sold 11 May 1920. Scrapped 1955 at Bombay.Laxmii (RIN)
Giovanni Guinti (FY3792)Ailsa31 May 1918July 1918Sold 1920. Wrecked 1937 off Iceland.[21]
Griffith Griffith (FY3780)Cook, Welton & Gemmell27 August 1918March 1919Sold 11 May 1920, foundered near Badagara, India in 1925.
Henry Chevallier (FY3673)Bow McLachlan13 March 19183 April 1918Sold 1922. Scrapped at Bo'ness 1958.Ligny (FY1765)
Henry Cory (FY3698)Cox & Co191928 May 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919, scrapped 1959.[22] Caliban (FY803)
Isaac Arthan (FY4297)Cook, Welton & Gemmell1 May 1919January 1920Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1921, scrapped 1959 at Boom.Loch Buie (FY688)
Isaac Heath (FY3829)J P Rennoldson9 July 191821 August 1918Sold 1920, scrapped 1958.Teroma (FY527)
James Burgess (FY3653)C Rennoldson31 August 1917October 1917Sold 1920. Scrapped 1956 at Briton Ferry.[23] Beaumaris Castle (FY993)
James Cepell (FY3718)George Brown29 March 1918May 1918Sold 1925, wrecked 1952 near Ouessant.Antioche II (AD285) – French
James Chapman (FY3694)George Brown8 September 1917November 1917Sold 1923, Wrecked 1966 at Salvora Isl.[24] Oceano Atlantico – Spanish
James Christopher (FY3715)J P Rennoldson14 January 191827 March 1918Sold 1923Marsona (FY714)Mined 4 August 1940 off Cromarty
James Connor (FY3700)Harkness19 July 1917October 1917Sold 1922 to Spain. Shelled and sunk at Málaga by 9 October 1936.
James Cosgrove (FY3716)Ailsa5 March 1918April 1918Sold 1919. Scuttled 1952.James Cosgrove (RNZN)
James Dinton (FY3678)Bow McLachlan10 May 191829 May 1918Sold 1922. Scrapped 1959.Milford Duke (Z125)
James Gill (FY4217)C Rennoldson17 February 1919November 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919, scrapped 1954 at Dublin.Milford Duchess (FY613)
James Green (FY3537)Smiths Dock3 October 1917November 1917Sold 1922. Scrapped 1947 at London.Laverock
James Laveney (FY4215)Chambers191930 October 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1925. Scrapped 1952. [25] La Blanche II (AD186) – French
James Lay (FY4222)Fletcher & Fearnall19184 November 1918Sold 1920. Scrapped 1960.James Lay (FY667)
James Peake (FY3540)Smiths Dock17 October 1917November 1917Sold 1923, wrecked 1935 at Speeton.
James Pond (FY3515)Smiths Dock21 May 1917June 1917Sunk 15 February 1918 by German destroyers in the Dover Straits
James Robertson (FY3159)Smiths Dock6 June 1917July 1917Sold 1922. Scrapped 1960 at Barrow.[26] Capstone (FY1555)
James Seckar (FY3526)Smiths Dock20 July 1917August 1917Foundered 25 September 1917 in the Atlantic, last seen at 46.5°N -12°W
James Sibbald (FY3525)Smiths Dock20 July 1917August 1917Sold 1919. Scrapped 1957 at Milford Haven.Our Bairns (FY1566)
John Aikenhead (FY4292)Cook, Welton & Gemmell19 December 1918November 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919Polly JohnsonBombed 29 May 1940 off Dunkirk
John Ashley (FY4293)Cook, Welton & Gemmell18 March 1919November 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919, scrapped at Gateshead 1952.
John Baptish (FY3596)Cook, Welton & Gemmell29 April 1918July 1918Sold 1921John Baptishmined Coningbeg Lightvessel 9.9.40
John Bateman (FY3599)Cook, Welton & Gemmell29 April 1918August 1918Sold 1922. Scrapped 1964 in Spain.[27] Pesquerias Cantabricas No.1 – Spanish
John Bomkworth (FY3597)Cook, Welton & Gemmell29 May 1918July 1918Sold 1922 to Spain. Wrecked 24 December 1930.
John Bullock (FY3651)C Rennoldson9 July 1917September 1917Sold 1921. Wrecked 1947 Fladda Isl.[28] Flying Admiral
John Campbell (FY3695)George Brown1 November 1917December 1917Sold 1923. Wrecked 1925 on Tory Island.[29]
John Casewell (FY3713)Ailsa3 October 1917November 1917Sold 4 May 1920. Wrecked 1921 Castletownbere, Cork.[30]
John Cattling (FY3676)Bow McLachlan12 April 191829 April 1918Sold 4 May 1920. Scrapped 1957 at Hamburg.John Cattling (FY536)
John Chivers (FY3671)Bow McLachlan17 December 1917December 1917Sold 1922 to Spain, scrapped 1971.[31]
John Church (FY3668)Bow McLachlan16 October 1917November 1917Sold 1920. Deleted 1962.Txit-Ona - Spanish
John Clavell (FY4480)Hepple & Co14 August 191918 October 1920Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1921, 1977 [32] Denis
John Collins (FY3712)Ailsa19 November 1917December 1917Loaned to USN 1919, sold 1920, scrapped 1963 in Suez.
John Cooper (FY3699)Harkness5 July 1917September 1917Sold 1922Permartin SecondoSank in collision 3 January 1944 [33]
John Davis (FY3682)Bow McLachlan25 September 191822 October 1918Sold 1922. Wrecked Skirza Head 1939.
John Dormond (FY4485)J P RennoldsonAugust 191915 October 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1922, foundered off Scotland 1927.[34]
John Gauntlet (FY3779)C Rennoldson12 August 1918March 1919Sold 11 May 1920, wrecked Malindi, India 1922.
John Geoghan (FY3794)Cook, Welton & Gemmell9 October 1918November 1918Sold 1921, scrapped Milford Haven 1957.Congre (AD92) – French
John Graham (FY3778)Ailsa27 July 1918January 1919Loaned to USN 1919, sold 1921, scrapped 1955 at Troon.Eastcoates (FY1771)
John Gregory (FY3789)George Brown14 February 19192 May 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919, scrapped 1954.Nadine (AD57) – French
John Gulipster (FY3782)Cook, Welton & Gemmell24 September 1918April 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919, scrapped 1956 at Ghent.Comitatus (FY633)
John Kidd (FY3508)Smith's Dock Co20 February 1917May 1917Sold 11 May 1920, deleted from LR 1950.Rotherslade (FY1822)
John Lewis (FY4219)C Rennoldson191930 March 1920Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1921, scrapped 1955.[35] Harry Melling (FY538)
John Lyons (FY3511)Smiths Dock23 March 1917May 1917Sold 1922. Not in LR 1951.[36] Les Illattes – French
John Pollard (FY3516)Smiths Dock21 May 1917June 1917Sold 4 May 1920, scrapped 1956 at Briton Ferry.Grosmont Castle
John Thorling (FY3527)Smiths Dock20 July 1917September 1917Sold 1925, scrapped 1959 at Rotterdam.Concertator (FY637)
Joseph Barratt (FY3586)Cook, Welton & Gemmell2 November 1917March 1918Sold 1920Tilbury NessBombed 1 November 1940 in the Thames estuary
Joseph Button (FY3584)Cook, Welton & Gemmell17 December 1917April 1918Sold 1920Joseph ButtonMined 22 Oct 1940 off Aldeburgh
Joseph Connell (FY3696)George Brown20 December 1917February 1918Sold 1922, wrecked 1931 E of Cape Clear Lighthouse.
Joseph Giddice (FY3786)George Brown24 October 191812 December 1918Sold 1922, scrapped 1952 at Monmouthshire.
Joseph Gordon (FY3785)George Brown29 June 1918August 1918Sold 1922. Scrapped 1952.[37] Grouin Du Cou (AD276)- French
Joseph Hodgkins (FY3855)Hepple & Co18 December 191820 June 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919, sank 1921 off Isle of Man.[38]
Joshua Arabin (FY4299)Cook, Welton & Gemmell1 May 1919October 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1920, scrapped at Milford Haven 1957.De La Pole (FY558)
Matthew Cassady (FY4457)Ailsa18 December 1918February 1919,Completed as fishing vessel Inverdon, sold 1919, wrecked 6 Dec 1926 at Sandoe.[39]
Matthew Flynn (FY3745)Hepple & Co17 October 191723 February 1918Sold 1921, sunk as target in Australia 1953.Commiles (FY636)
Michael Ging (FY3784)George Brown11 May 1918June 1918Sold 1922, wrecked at Arringa 1927.
Michael Griffith (FY3781)Cook, Welton & Gemmell5 September 1918April 1919Sold 1921, wrecked 7nm S Barra Head 1953.Michael Griffith (FY567)
Michael Maloney (FY3513)Smiths Dock7 May 1917June 1917Stranded 19 February 1920 at Egersundl, Norway
Morgan Jones (FY3845)Fletcher & Fearnall10 March 1918March 1918Sold 1920, scrapped 1957 at Troon.[40] Morgan Jones (4.114)
Nathaniel Cole (FY3507)Smiths Dock20 February 1917May 1917Foundered 6 February 1918 off Buncrana, Lough Swilly
Neil Smith (FY3524)Smiths Dock5 July 1917August 1917Sold 1921, scrapped 1956 at Dublin.Neil Smith (FY529)
Oliver Pickin (FY3518)Smiths Dock21 May 1917July 1917Sold 1922, scrapped 1956.Damito (FY521)
Patrick Bowe (FY3591)Cook, Welton & Gemmell17 January 1918May 1918Sold 1922 to Spain. Wrecked Arosa Bay 1 September 1931.
Patrick Cullen (FY4460)Ailsa31 March 1919June 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919, wrecked 1928 at St Kilda.
Patrick Donovan (FY4487)J P Rennoldson20 February 192020 June 1920Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1922, wrecked 1934 off Grimsby.[41]
Peter Blumberry (FY3583)Cook, Welton & Gemmell18 October 1917February 1918Sold 1921, lost in explosion off Dingle 1933.
Peter Carey (FY4445)George Brown25 June 1919October 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919, scrapped 1959.Peter Carey (FY537)
Peter Hall (FY3795)Ailsa6 November 1918December 1918Sold 1922, scrapped 1954 at Barrow-in-Furness.Alvis (FY4118)
Peter Killen (FY4207)Duthie Torry191931 March 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919, scrapped 1957 at Charlestown.Sir John Lister (FY622)
Peter Lovett (FY3509)Smiths Dock9 March 1917May 1917Sold 1922Sank off Tod Head 19 May 1940
Philip Godby (FY3783)Cook, Welton & Gemmell24 September 1918May 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919TogimoSunk 11 Feb 1940 by gunfire from U-47 W of Cornwall
Phineas Beard (FY3588)Cook, Welton & Gemmell17 November 1917March 1918Sold 1920Phineas BeardBombed 8 December 1941 off Lunan Bay
Richard Bacon (FY3587)Cook, Welton & Gemmell2 November 1917March 1918Sold 1922, scrapped 1954 at Milford Haven.Commodator (FY634)
Richard Crofts (FY3720)Cook, Welton & Gemmell13 June 1918December 1918Sold 1921. Wrecked 20 Feb 1953 at Cornaig Beg.Richard Crofts (FY530)
Richard Cundy (FY4462)Ailsa12 August 1919October 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1920River ClydeMined 5 August 1940 off Aldeburgh
Richard Roberts (FY3520)Smiths Dock6 June 1917July 1917Sold 11 May 1920, wrecked near Touriñan 29 Jul 1922. [42]
Robert Bowen (FY3595)Cook, Welton & Gemmell14 March 1918July 1918Sold 1920Robert BowenBombed 9 February 1940 off Aberdeen
Robert Cloughton (FY3672)Bow McLachlan18 December 1917December 1917Boom defence vessel Coronet 1933, Scrapped 1953 at Northam.
Robert Davidson (FY3725)C Rennoldson30 November 1917January 1918Sold 1921Inasi - Spanish
Samuel Dawson (FY4486)J P Rennoldson24 November 19195 February 1920Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1922Sotirios - GreekSunk Apr 1941 by German aircraft in North Evoicos.
Samuel Drake (FY3683)Bow McLachlan5 November 191826 November 1918Sold 1924. Scrapped 1946 at Paull.Southcoates (4.140)
Samuel Green (FY3791)George Brown30 April 1919July 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 and converted to yacht; used as floating restaurant Cruz at Leith.[43] Was "abandoned" from 2007 to 2018, restored into a 1920s style Luxury Hotel and renamed to Ocean Mist, permanently docked at 14 The Shore, Leith.Ocean Rover
Samuel Spencer (FY3533)Smiths Dock17 September 1917October 1917Sold 1921, Not in 1950 LR. [44] Pen-Men - French
Siam Duffy (FY3684)Bow McLachlan6 November 191827 November 1918Loaned to USN 1919, sold 1922FontenoyBombed 19 Nov 1940 off Lowestoft
Thomas Adney (FY4295)Cook, Welton & Gemmell2 April 1919November 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919, went missing at sea 3 Sep 1920
Thomas Alexander (FY4404)Cook, Welton & Gemmell18 July 1919June 1920Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1920, scuttled 1956 off Albany WA.Ben Dearg (FY690)
Thomas Allen (FY4403)Cook, Welton & Gemmell18 July 1919March 1920Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1922, scrapped 1963 at Hamburg.Milford Prince (FY614)
Thomas Altoft (FY4300)Cook, Welton & Gemmell2 June 1919January 1920Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1920, wrecked Glas Is, Scalpay 8 Nov 1947.Thomas Altoft (FY552)
Thomas Bartlett (FY3598)Cook, Welton & Gemmell29 May 1918August 1918Sold 11 May 1920Thomas Bartlett (FY553)Mined 28 May 1940 off Calais
Thomas Booth (FY3592)Cook, Welton & Gemmell14 February 1918June 1918Sold 1920. Scrapped 1955 at Milford Haven.
Thomas Boudige (FY4406)Cook, Welton & Gemmell15 August 1919August 1920Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1921, scrapped 1956 at Dublin.Darnett Ness (FY542)
Thomas Chambers (FY3670)Bow McLachlan1 December 1917December 1917Sold 1922. Scrapped 1959 at Bruges. [45] Lorraine (4.170)
Thomas Connolly (FY3589)Cook, Welton & Gemmell29 November 1917April 1918Sold 1920Thomas Connolly (Z141)Mined 17 December 1940 off Sheerness
Thomas Crofton (FY3661)Bow McLachlan18 June 1917July 1917Sold 4 May 1920. Scrapped 1946. [46] Gwmaho (Z135)
Thomas Daniels (FY3680)Bow McLachlan10 July 191812 August 1918Sold 1922. Wrecked 1 Mar 1927 Cairns of Coll. [47]
Thomas Dowding (FY3724)C Rennoldson16 November 1917December 1917Sold 1923. Scrapped 1953.Ben Bheulah (FY1681)
Thomas Goble (FY3539)Smiths Dock17 October 1917November 1917Sold 1922. Scrapped 1959.Cotsmuir (FY550)
Thomas Green (FY4218)C Rennoldson28 May 1919January 1920Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1920Caerphilly CastleSunk by enemy aircraft 27 Jan 1941 off W Ireland. [48]
Thomas Hankins (FY3828)J P Rennoldson10 May 191819/06/1918Sold 11 May 1920. Sunk 20 Nov 1939 by U-33 14 m NW of Tory Isl.
Thomas Laundry (FY4212)J P Rennoldson21 October 191827 November 1918Loaned to USN 1919, sold 11 May 1920B.R.Lothe - NorwegianStranded 3 Mar 1944 off Mørekysten, Norway. [49]
Thomas Lawrie (FY4214)Chambers19191 October 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1925Les Barges II - FrenchSunk 21 Nov 1939 by U-41 W of France. [50]
Thomas Leeds (FY4210)Duthie TorryJune 191912 September 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919, wrecked 20 Oct 1955 near Ten Mile Beacon, Lagos.Thomas Leeds (FY520)
Thomas Robins (FY3531)Smiths Dock3 September 1917September 1917Sold 4 May 1920, wrecked 19 Nov 1938 Westray Sound, Orkney Isl.
Thomas Twiney (FY3528)Smiths Dock20 July 1917September 1917Sold 1922, wrecked Aug 1935 on Powder House Rock, Culzean Bay.
Timothy Crawley (FY3710)Ailsa4 October 1917November 1917Sold 11 May 1920. Scrapped 1956 at Bo'ness.Loch Long
Valentine Bower (FY3654)C Rennoldson1 October 1917November 1917Sold 1923. Scrapped 1960.Milford King (FY1573)
Walter Burke (FY3532)Smiths Dock3 September 1917September 1917Sold 1922. Scrapped 1976. [51] Toralla - Spanish
William Beatty (FY3534)Smiths Dock17 September 1917October 1917Sold 4 May 1920sunk 14 Nov 1939 by U-41 N of Flannan Isl.
William Beeton (FY3652)C Rennoldson20 July 1917September 1917To Maltese Government 1921Apuania - Italian
William Bell (FY3590)Cook, Welton & Gemmell17 January 1918May 1918Sold 1920. Scrapped 1946 at Troon. [52] William Bell (FY1727)
William Brady (FY3585)Cook, Welton & Gemmell17 December 1917May 1918Sold 1920. Scrapped 1960 at Gateshead.William Brady (4.112)
William Browis (FY3582)Cook, Welton & Gemmell18 October 1917January 1918Sold 1922. Scrapped 1960 at St Davids.Milford Queen (FY615)
William Bunce (FY3538)Smiths Dock3 October 1917November 1917Sold 1920. Scrapped 1956.William Bunce
William Caldwell (FY3719)Cook, Welton & Gemmell12 June 1918November 1918Loaned to USN 1919, sold 11 May 1920. Scrapped 1957 at Granton.William Caldwell (Z142)
William Cale (FY3666)Bow McLachlan19 September 1917October 1917Sold 1922. Scrapped 1955 at Troon.William Cale (FY535)
William Carberry (FY4479)Hepple & Co28 June 191913 December 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919. Wrecked 1935 off River Muros. [53]
William Carr (FY3674)Bow McLachlan15 March 19184 April 1918Sold 1921Nazareth (FY1815)
William Carrick (FY3665)Bow McLachlan18 September 1917October 1917To Indian Government 1920
William Chaseman (FY3529)Smiths Dock3 August 1917September 1917Sold 4 May 1920. Scrapped 1947.Radnor Castle (FY511)
William Coburne (FY3664)Bow McLachlan24 July 1917August 1917Sold 1920. Foundered 1928 off Slyne Head.
William Cowling (FY3663)Bow McLachlan23 July 1917August 1917Sold 1922Notre Dame De Laghet (FL 08) - German NavyWar loss Sep 1943. [54]
William Cummins (FY3669)Bow McLachlan17 November 1917November 1917Sold 1925. Scrapped 1957.Niblick
William Darnold (FY3722)Cook, Welton & Gemmell11 July 1918December 1918Loaned to USN 1919, sold 11 May 1920, wrecked 4 Oct 1924 off Birsay, Orkney Isl.
William Downes (FY3723)C Rennoldson5 November 1917December 1917Sold 1921. Foundered 16 Sep 1941 off Rosslare.
William Drake (FY4483)J P Rennoldson191919 May 1919Completed as fishing vessel Ebor Court, sold 1919, wrecked 1 Nove 1929 on Port Eynon Point. [55]
William Flemming (FY3746)Hepple & Co12 February 191818 May 1918Sold 4 May 1920Tranio (FY3526)Bombed 26 Jun 1941 while under tow off Smith's Knoll
William Griffths (FY3788)George Brown19 November 191821 February 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919, stranded 13 Aug 1923 in Galway Bay.
William Hannam (FY4206)Duthie TorryNovember 191820 February 1919Sold 1920, sank 1957 off Kiberg, Norway. William Hannam (Z129)
William Humphries (FY4205)Duthie TorryOctober 191824 December 1918Sold 1921Sunk 21 Nov 1939 by U-33 75 m NW from Rathlin Isl.
William Knight (FY4208)Duthie TorryApril 191919 June 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919CobbersBombed 3 March 1941 in the North Sea
William Lambkin (FY4209)Duthie TorryMay 191916 July 1919Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919, scrapped 1972.Tiburon - Spain
William Leek (FY4211)J P RennoldsonAugust 191810 October 1918Sold 11 May 1920. Scrapped 1956.Hildina (FY541)
William Loft (FY4220)C Rennoldson30 August 1919May 1920Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1923, scrapped 1954.Tamora (FY643)
William Mannell (FY3512)Smiths Dock23 March 1917June 1917Sold 11 May 1920, lost 1949 off Portaleen.William Mannel (FY1665)
William Spencer (FY3521)Smiths Dock19 June 1917July 1917Sold 1924. Scrapped 1960 at Fife.Astros (Z130)
William Symons (FY3535)Smiths Dock1 October 1917October 1917Sold 1922. Scrapped 1959 at Hemiksem.Lephreto (FY519)
William Wilmot (FY3536)Smiths Dock1 October 1917November 1917Sunk September 1920 in collision with SS Meissonier in the Irish Sea

Cancelled

ShipBuilderFateSecond World WarWWII Loss
Alexander Colville (FY4455)George Brown
Alexander Dunbar (FY4493)Hepple & Co
Collin Craig (FY4451)George Brown
Ephraim Bright (FY4407)Cook, Welton & GemmellCompleted as fishing vessel. BU 1955.Mai
James Baird (FY4411)Cook, Welton & GemmellCompleted as fishing vessel. BU 1959.Ijuin (FY612)
James Boyle (FY4414)Cook, Welton & Gemmell
James Coile (FY4454)George Brown
John Benson (FY4409)Cook, Welton & GemmellCompleted as fishing vessel. BU 1955. Kari Solmundarson
John Chatway (FY4447)George Brown
John Coombe (FY4453)George Brown
John Creighton (FY4449)George Brown
Joseph Crowell (FY4448)George Brown
Joseph Doe (FY4494)Hepple & Co
Matthew Berryman (FY4412)Cook, Welton & GemmellCompleted as fishing vessel. BU 1962.Righto (FY604)
Richard Bane (FY4410)Cook, Welton & GemmellCompleted as fishing vessel. BU 1956.Rudilais (FY528)
Walter Cane (FY4456)George Brown
William Bennett (FY4408)Cook, Welton & GemmellCompleted as fishing vessel. BU 1952.Njordur
William Burte (FY4413)Cook, Welton & GemmellCompleted as fishing vessel. BU 1962.Reboundo (FY602)
William Cable (FY4450)George Brown
William Coran (FY4452)George Brown

Canadian-built

See TR series minesweeping trawler.

Indian-built

ShipBuilderLaunchedCompletedFate
BombayBombay Dockyard21 September 19191919Completed as unarmed minesweeper or fishing vessel
CalcuttaBurn & Co19191919Completed as unarmed minesweeper or fishing vessel
ColomboBurn & Co19191919Completed as unarmed minesweeper or fishing vessel
JubbulporeBombay DockyardCancelled 1919
KenneryBombay Dockyard19191919Completed as unarmed minesweeper or fishing vessel
KidderporeBombay Dockyard19191919Completed as unarmed minesweeper or fishing vessel
MadrasBurn & Co19191920Completed as unarmed minesweeper or fishing vessel
SalsetteBombay Dockyard19191919Completed as unarmed minesweeper or fishing vessel
SealdahBombay Dockyard19191919Completed as unarmed minesweeper or fishing vessel

New Zealand-built

See Castle class trawlers of the Royal New Zealand Navy.

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