Tree-class trawler
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Tree-class trawlers were a class of anti-submarine naval trawlers which served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. They were nearly identical to the Isles-class trawlers, of which they are usually considered a subclass.
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Class overview | |
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Operators | |
Built | 1939–1945 |
Completed | 20 |
Lost | 6 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Naval trawler |
Displacement | 545 tons |
Length | 164 ft (50 m) |
Beam | 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m) |
Draught | 11 feet i inch (mean) |
Propulsion | One triple expansion reciprocating engine, 1 shaft, 850 ihp |
Speed | 12 knots |
Complement | 40 |
Armament |
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Six Tree-class trawlers were lost during the war: Almond, Ash, Chestnut, Hickory, Juniper and Pine. One, Mangrove, was transferred to Portugal in 1943.
By the end of 1946, only Olive and Walnut remained in service with the Royal Navy.[2] Both were sold in 1948.
Ships in class
- Built by Ardrossan Dockyard Company, Ardrossan, UK
- Acacia – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Almond – Launched 1940, war loss 1941
- Built by Cochrane & Sons, Ltd., Selby, UK
- Ash – Launched 1939, war loss 1941
- Bay – Launched 1939, sold 1946
- Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, UK
- Birch – Launched 1939, sold 1946
- Blackthorn – launched 1939, sold 1946
- Built by Ferguson Brothers, Ltd., Port Glasgow, UK
- Juniper – Launched 15 December 1939, commissioned 9 March 1940; sunk in the Norwegian Sea, 8 June 1940.[3]
- Mangrove – Launched 4 April 1942, transferred to Portugal 1943 as Faial (P2)
- Built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Company, Goole, UK
- Chestnut – Launched 1940, war loss 1940
- Deodar – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Built by Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen, UK
- Olive – Launched 26 February 1940, sold 1948
- Pine – Launched 1940, war loss 1944
- Built by A. & J. Inglis, Ltd., Glasgow, UK (part of Harland & Wolff)
- Elm – Launched 1939, sold 1946
- Fir – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Built by Henry Robb, Ltd., Leith, UK
- Hazel – Launched 1939, sold 1946
- Hickory – Launched 1940, war loss 1940
- Built by Smith's Dock Company, Ltd., South Bank-on-Tees, UK
- Rowan – Launched 1939, sold 1946
- Walnut – Launched 1939, sold 1948 as Baltic refugee ship
- Whitethorn – Launched 1939, sold 1946
- Wistaria – Launched 1939, sold 1946
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