Fish-class trawler

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HMS Grayling
Class overview
NameFish class
Builders Cochrane & Sons, Selby
OperatorsNaval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
SubclassesCorncrake type minelayer
Built1940–1943
In commission1942–1945
Completed10
Lost2
General characteristics [1]
Type Naval trawler
Displacement590 long tons (599 t)
Length161.6 ft (49.3 m)
Beam25.2 ft (7.7 m)
Draught13.3 ft (4.1 m)
PropulsionReciprocating engine, 1 shaft
Speed11.25 knots (20.84 km/h; 12.95 mph)
Complement35
Armament

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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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.

Corncrake-type minelayer

Two vessels, Mackerel and Turbot, were converted for use as controlled minelayers while still under construction. Upon completion they were renamed Corncrake and Redshank, respectively. [1] [3]

Ships

NameHull numberBuiltFateNotes
Bonito T23115 February 1942
Bream T30630 March 1943
Corncrake (ex Mackerel)M827 December 1942Foundered due to weather 25 January 1943 in the North AtlanticCorncrake-type minelayer [3]
Grayling T2434 July 1942
HMS Grilse T36829 June 1943
Herring T30710 April 1943Lost 22 April 1943 in North Sea collisionCorncrake-type minelayer [3]
Mullet T31114 November 1942
Pollock T34720 July 1943
Redshank (ex Turbot)M3110 January 1943
Whiting T2329 March 1942

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Conway p67
  2. Elliott p286
  3. 1 2 3 Cocker p24

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