Fish-class trawler
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The Fish class of Admiralty trawlers was a small class of naval trawlers built for the British Royal Navy during the Second World War.
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Name | Fish class |
Builders | Cochrane & Sons, Selby |
Operators | Royal Navy |
Subclasses | Corncrake type minelayer |
Built | 1940–1943 |
In commission | 1942–1945 |
Completed | 10 |
Lost | 2 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Naval trawler |
Displacement | 590 long tons (599 t) |
Length | 161.6 ft (49.3 m) |
Beam | 25.2 ft (7.7 m) |
Draught | 13.3 ft (4.1 m) |
Propulsion | Reciprocating engine, 1 shaft |
Speed | 11.25 knots (20.84 km/h; 12.95 mph) |
Complement | 35 |
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The vessels were intended for use as minesweepers and for anti-submarine warfare, and the design was based on a commercial type, the 1929 Gulfoss by Cochrane & Sons, of Selby.[2] The purpose of the order was to make use of specialist mercantile shipyards to provide vessels for war use by adapting commercial designs to Admiralty specifications.
In 1940 the Royal Navy ordered ten such vessels from Cochrane. All saw active service, and two were lost in incidents.