Net-class boom defence vessel

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Class overview
NameNet class
Builders
Operators
Built1938–1939
In commission1939–1958
Completed11
Lost1
General characteristics [1]
Type Boom defence vessel
Displacement530 long tons (539  t)
Length
  • 159 ft 9 in (48.69 m) o/a
  • 135 ft (41 m) p/p
Beam30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion
Speed11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Complement32
Armament1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun

The Net class were a class of boom defence vessels of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy during World War II.

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Ships

Of the eleven ships of the class ten were built in shipyards in northern England and Scotland, while the eleventh was built in Sydney, Australia. [2] [3] One ship, HMS Bayonet, was lost when it struck a mine in the Firth of Forth on 21 December 1939, initially attributed to being laid by the U-21 on 4 November. [4] The second court-martial of HMS Bayonet's skipper found that the mine was part of a British defensive field laid by HMS Plover the day before [5]

Royal Navy

Royal Australian Navy

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Boom and harbour defence vessels" (PDF). godfreydykes.info. 2012. Archived from the original on February 12, 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur (2012). "Net class Boom defence vessels (UK)". uboat.net. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur (2012). "Net class Boom defence vessels (AUS)". uboat.net. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur (2012). "HMS Bayonet (Z 05)". uboat.net. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "HMS Bayonet". Scottish Shipwrecks. 2023-05-20. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
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