Castle-class trawler
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.
 HMT Edward Gallagher as HMT Cardiff Castle during WWII | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Castle class |
| Operators: | |
| Completed: | about 280 |
| General characteristics (standard ships)[1][2][3] | |
| Type: | Minesweeper/naval trawler |
| Tonnage: | 285 GRT |
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| Beam: | 23.5 ft (7.2 m) |
| Draught: | 12.7 ft (3.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 vertical triple expansion reciprocating engine, 1 boiler, 1 shaft, 480 ihp (360 kW) |
| Speed: | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
| Complement: | 15, up to 18 with wireless |
| Armament: |
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First World War
The Castle class originated with the commercial trawler Raglan Castle of 1915,[1][4][5][6] 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.[6] Non-standard ships included in the class varied between 236 GRT and 276 GRT, with dimensions varying between 35.8 and 38.3 m (117 and 126 ft) length and 6.71 and 7.17 m (22.0 and 23.5 ft) beam. The first standard vessel, Nathaniel Cole, was delivered in May 1917.[2] 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.[1]
Second World War
HMT Thomas Alexander as HMT Ben Dearg during WWII
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.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9][10]
Ships in class
Refer to Sources.
Non-standard
| Ship | Builder | Launched | Completed | Fate | Second World War | WWII Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Harrington (FY3505) | Smiths Dock | 8 February 1917 | April 1917 | Sold 1920 | Lucienne Jeanne (FY1769) | Mined 24 October 1941 in the Thames estuary |
| Daniel Henley (FY3503) | Smiths Dock | 24 January 1917 | March 1917 | Sold 4 May 1920 | ||
| Festing Grindall (FY3501) | Smiths Dock | 9 January 1917 | March 1917 | Sold 11 May 1920 | ||
| George Aunger (FY3611) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 20 September 1917 | January 1918 | Sold 1922 | ||
| Hugh Black (FY3602) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 10 May 1917 | August 1917 | Sold 1923 | Ogano (FY803) | |
| James Berry (FY3603) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 10 May 1917 | August 1917 | Sold 1922 | Montamo (4.171) | |
| James Hunniford (FY3504) | Smiths Dock | 24 January 1917 | March 1917 | Sold 1920 | Ethel Taylor | Mined 22 November 1940 off the Tyne |
| James Johnson (FY3506) | Smiths Dock | 8 February 1917 | April 1917 | Sold 1922 | ||
| John Anderson (FY3610) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 20 September 1917 | December 1917 | Sold 1922 | Charles Doran (FY597) | |
| John Brennan (FY3609) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 4 September 1917 | January 1918 | Sold 1922 | Osako (FY580) | |
| John Brice (FY3608) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 22 August 1917 | January 1918 | Sold 1924 | Beaulne Verneuil | |
| John Brooker (FY3605) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 9 June 1917 | December 1917 | Sold 1921 | Loch Park (FY1835) | |
| John Burlingham (FY3600) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 21 April 1917 | July 1917 | Sold 1920 | Rehearo (FY1794) | |
| John Gillman (FY3502) | Smiths Dock | 9 January 1917 | March 1917 | Sold 1920 | ||
| Richard Bagley (FY3604) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 9 June 1917 | September 1917 | Sold 1921 | Malacolite (FY796) | |
| Robert Betson (FY3601) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 21 April 1917 | July 1917 | Sold 1920 | Remillo | Mined 27 February 1941 in the Humber |
| Thomas Blackthorn (FY3606) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 7 July 1917 | December 1917 | Loaned to USN 1919, sold 1922 | ||
| Thomas Buckley (FY3607) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 7 July 1917 | December 1917 | Loaned to USN 1919, sold 1922 | Ceylonite (FY1853) |
Standard
| Ship | Builder | Launched | Completed | Fate | Second World War | WWII Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Palmer (FY3517) | Smiths Dock | 21 May 1917 | June 1917 | Sold 1922 to Spain. Shelled and sunk at Málaga by Almirante Cervera (.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Spanish Navy) 9 October 1936.[11] |
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| Alexander Scott (FY3530) | Smiths Dock | 3 August 1917 | September 1917 | Sold 4 May 1920 | Alexander Scott (FY515) | |
| Andrew Anderson (FY4405) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 15 August 1919 | April 1920 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 13 February 1922 | ||
| Andrew Apsley (FY4298) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 2 June 1919 | December 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 13 October 1919 | Milford Earl | Bombed 8 December 1941 off east coast of Scotland |
| Andrew Sack (FY3523) | Smiths Dock | 5 July 1917 | August 1917 | Sold 1924 | North Ness (4.100) | |
| Arthur Cavanagh (FY3677) | Bow McLachlan | 8 May 1918 | 28 May 1918 | Sold 1925 | Arthur Cavenagh (FY566) | |
| Arthur Lessimore (FY3510) | Smiths Dock | 9 March 1917 | May 1917 | Sold 1924 | Irvana (FY663) | Bombed 16 January 1942 off Great Yarmouth |
| Benjamin Cooke (FY3667) | Bow McLachlan | October 2017 | 1 November 1917 | Sold 1922 | Namur | |
| Benjamin Stevenson (FY3522) | Smiths Dock | 19 June 1917 | July 1917 | Sunk 18 August 1917 by S/M gunfire 40 miles E. of Fetlar, Shetlands | ||
| Charles Antram (FY4401) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 18 June 1919 | February 1920 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1922 | Flanders (FY600) | |
| Charles Boyes (FY3593) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 1 October 1917 | June 1918 | Sold 1921 | Charles Boyes (FY3677) | Mined 25 May 1940 in the North Sea |
| Charles Chappell (FY3662) | Bow McLachlan | 19 June 1917 | July 1917 | Sold 1922 | ||
| Charles Donelly (FY3679) | Bow McLachlan | 28 June 1918 | 12 July 1918 | Sold 4 May 1920 | Pelagos (4.103) | |
| Charles Legg (FY4213) | J P Rennoldson | 19 November 1918 | 20 January 1919 | Sold 1923 | Milford Countess (FY564) | |
| Daniel Clowden (FY4446) | George Brown | 13 November 1919 | 13 November 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 8 August 1919 | Daniel Clowden (FY531) | |
| Daniel Dick (FY4488) | J P Rennoldson | 17 May 1920 | 25 August 1920 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1921 | Clyth Ness (FY1596) | |
| Daniel Leary (FY4221) | C Rennoldson | 30 July 1919 | 9 July 1920 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1923 | ||
| David Dillon (FY4484) | J P Rennoldson | May 2019 | 28 July 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 28 July 1919 | Edward Walmsley (FY624) | |
| David Ogilvie (FY3514) | Smiths Dock | 7 May 1917 | June 1917 | Sold 1919 | David Ogilvie (FY720) | |
| Denis Casey (FY3711) | Ailsa | 13 December 1917 | 19/03/1918 | Sold July 1920 | ||
| Dominick Addison (FY4296) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 2 April 1919 | November 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | Gadfly (FY517) | |
| Dominick Dubine (FY3726) | J P Rennoldson | 14 March 1918 | 15 May 1918 | Sold 4 May 1920 | Fructidor (AD52) - French | |
| Domque Gentile (FY3793) | Ailsa | 5 August 1918 | October 1918 | Sold 1921 | ||
| Edward Cattelly (FY4459) | Ailsa | 17 March 1919 | May 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | Loch Naver | Lost 6 May 1940 in collision off Hartlepool |
| Edward Collingwood (FY3675) | Bow McLachlan | 9 April 1918 | 26 April 1918 | Sold 1922 | T.R. Ferrens (FY532) | |
| Edward Gallagher (FY4216) | C Rennoldson | 14 February 1919 | August 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | Cardiff Castle (FY512) | |
| Egilias Akerman (FY4294) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 18 March 1919 | November 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | Computator (FY635) | Sunk 21 January 1945 in collision with HMS Vanoc off Normandy |
| Emmanuel Camelaire (FY3717) | Ailsa | 25 April 1918 | May 1918 | Sold 1921 | Brabant (FY586) | |
| Francis Conlin (FY4458) | Ailsa | 21 January 1919 | March 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | ||
| Frederick Bush (FY3594) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 14 March 1918 | June 1918 | Sold 1922 | ||
| George Adgell (FY4402) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 18 June 1919 | January 1920 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1920 | George Adgell (FY1926) | |
| George Aiken (FY4291) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 19 December 1918 | August 1920 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | ||
| George Clark (FY3714) | J P Rennoldson | 2 October 1917 | December 1917 | Loaned to USN 1919, sold 1923 | Lady Stanley (4.233) | |
| George Cochran (FY3721) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 28 June 1918 | December 1918 | Loaned to USN 1919, sold 1920 | ||
| George Corten (FY3697) | Cox & Co | 1918 | 6 February 1919 | Sold 1921 | Northcoates (FY548) | Sank 2 December 1944 during a storm while under tow off Littlehampton |
| George Cousins (FY4461) | Ailsa | 13 June 1919 | August 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | George Cousins (FY627) | |
| George Darby (FY3681) | Bow McLachlan | 24 September 1918 | 21 October 1918 | Sold 1923 | ||
| George Greaves (FY3790) | George Brown | 1919 | 12 May 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | Raglan Castle (FY631) | |
| George Greenfield (FY3787) | George Brown | 11 September 1918 | 15 October 1918 | Sold 1921 | ||
| George Harris (FY3854) | Hepple & Co | 20 September 1918 | 12 December 1918 | Sold 11 May 1920 | Laxmii (RIN) | |
| Giovanni Guinti (FY3792) | Ailsa | 31 May 1918 | July 1918 | Sold 1920 | ||
| Griffith Griffith (FY3780) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 27 August 1918 | March 1919 | Sold 11 May 1920 | ||
| Henry Chevallier (FY3673) | Bow McLachlan | 13 March 1918 | 3 April 1918 | Sold 1922 | Ligny (FY1765) | |
| Henry Cory (FY3698) | Cox & Co | 1919 | 28 May 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | Caliban (FY803) | |
| Isaac Arthan (FY4297) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 1 May 1919 | January 1920 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1921 | Loch Buie (FY688) | |
| Isaac Heath (FY3829) | J P Rennoldson | 9 July 1918 | 21 August 1918 | Sold 1920 | Teroma (FY527) | |
| James Burgess (FY3653) | C Rennoldson | 31 August 1917 | October 1917 | Sold 1920 | Beaumaris Castle (FY993) | |
| James Cepell (FY3718) | George Brown | 29 March 1918 | May 1918 | Sold 1925 | Antioche II (AD285) - French | |
| James Chapman (FY3694) | George Brown | 8 September 1917 | November 1917 | Sold 1923 | ||
| James Christopher (FY3715) | J P Rennoldson | 14 January 1918 | 27 March 1918 | Sold 1923 | Marsona (FY714) | Mined 4 August 1940 off Cromarty |
| James Connor (FY3700) | Harkness | 19 July 1917 | October 1917 | Sold 1922 to Spain. Shelled and sunk at Málaga by Almirante Cervera ( Spanish Navy) 9 October 1936.[12] |
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| James Cosgrove (FY3716) | Ailsa | 5 March 1918 | April 1918 | Sold 1919 | James Cosgrove (RNZN) | |
| James Dinton (FY3678) | Bow McLachlan | 10 May 1918 | 29 May 1918 | Sold 1922 | Milford Duke (Z125) | |
| James Gill (FY4217) | C Rennoldson | 17 February 1919 | November 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | Milford Duchess (FY613) | |
| James Green (FY3537) | Smiths Dock | 3 October 1917 | November 1917 | Sold 1922 | Laverock | |
| James Laveney (FY4215) | Chambers | 1919 | 30 October 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1925 | La Blanche II (AD186) - French | |
| James Lay (FY4222) | Fletcher & Fearnall | 1918 | 4 November 1918 | Sold 1920 | James Lay (FY667) | |
| James Peake (FY3540) | Smiths Dock | 17 October 1917 | November 1917 | Sold 1923 | ||
| James Pond (FY3515) | Smiths Dock | 21 May 1917 | June 1917 | Sunk 15 February 1918 by German destroyers in the Dover Straits | ||
| James Robertson (FY3159) | Smiths Dock | 6 June 1917 | July 1917 | Sold 1922 | Capstone (FY1555) | |
| James Seckar (FY3526) | Smiths Dock | 20 July 1917 | August 1917 | Foundered 25 September 1917 in the Atlantic, last seen at 46°30′N 12°00′W | ||
| James Sibbald (FY3525) | Smiths Dock | 20 July 1917 | August 1917 | Sold 1919 | Our Bairns (FY1566) | |
| John Aikenhead (FY4292) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 19 December 1918 | November 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | Polly Johnson | Bombed 29 May 1940 off Dunkirk |
| John Ashley (FY4293) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 18 March 1919 | November 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | ||
| John Baptish (FY3596) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 29 April 1918 | July 1918 | Sold 1921 | John Baptish | |
| John Bateman (FY3599) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 29 April 1918 | August 1918 | Sold 1922 | ||
| John Bomkworth (FY3597) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 29 May 1918 | July 1918 | Sold 1922 to Spain. Wrecked 24 December 1930.[13] | ||
| John Bullock (FY3651) | C Rennoldson | 9 July 1917 | September 1917 | Sold 1921 | Flying Admiral | |
| John Campbell (FY3695) | George Brown | 1 November 1917 | December 1917 | Sold 1923 | ||
| John Casewell (FY3713) | Ailsa | 3 October 1917 | November 1917 | Sold 4 May 1920 | ||
| John Cattling (FY3676) | Bow McLachlan | 12 April 1918 | 29 April 1918 | Sold 4 May 1920 | John Cattling (FY536) | |
| John Chivers (FY3671) | Bow McLachlan | 17 December 1917 | December 1917 | Sold 1922 to Spain | ||
| John Church (FY3668) | Bow McLachlan | 16 October 1917 | November 1917 | Sold 1920 | ||
| John Clavell (FY4480) | Hepple & Co | 14 August 1919 | 18 October 1920 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1921 | ||
| John Collins (FY3712) | Ailsa | 19 November 1917 | December 1917 | Loaned to USN 1919, sold 1920 | ||
| John Cooper (FY3699) | Harkness | 5 July 1917 | September 1917 | Sold 1922 | ||
| John Davis (FY3682) | Bow McLachlan | 25 September 1918 | 22 October 1918 | Sold 1922 | ||
| John Dormond (FY4485) | J P Rennoldson | August 1919 | 15 October 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1922 | ||
| John Gauntlet (FY3779) | C Rennoldson | 12 August 1918 | March 1919 | Sold 11 May 1920 | ||
| John Geoghan (FY3794) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 9 October 1918 | November 1918 | Sold 1921 | Congre (AD92) - French | |
| John Graham (FY3778) | Ailsa | 27 July 1918 | January 1919 | Loaned to USN 1919, sold 1921 | Eastcoates (FY1771) | |
| John Gregory (FY3789) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 14 February 1919 | 2 May 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | Nadine (AD57) - French | |
| John Gulipster (FY3782) | George Brown | 24 September 1918 | April 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | Comitatus (FY633) | |
| John Kidd (FY3508) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 20 February 1917 | May 1917 | Sold 11 May 1920 | Rotherslade (FY1822) | |
| John Lewis (FY4219) | Smiths Dock | 1919 | 30 March 1920 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1921 | Harry Melling (FY538) | |
| John Lyons (FY3511) | Smiths Dock | 23 March 1917 | May 1917 | Sold 1922 | ||
| John Pollard (FY3516) | Smiths Dock | 21 May 1917 | June 1917 | Sold 4 May 1920 | Grosmont Castle | |
| John Thorling (FY3527) | Smiths Dock | 20 July 1917 | September 1917 | Sold 1925 | Concertator (FY637) | |
| Joseph Barratt (FY3586) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 2 November 1917 | March 1918 | Sold 1920 | Tilbury Ness | Bombed 1 November 1940 in the Thames estuary |
| Joseph Button (FY3584) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 17 December 1917 | April 1918 | Sold 1920 | Joseph Button | Mined 22 Oct 1940 off Aldeburgh |
| Joseph Connell (FY3696) | George Brown | 20 December 1917 | February 1918 | Sold 1922 | ||
| Joseph Giddice (FY3786) | George Brown | 24 October 1918 | 12 December 1918 | Sold 1922 | ||
| Joseph Gordon (FY3785) | George Brown | 29 June 1918 | August 1918 | Sold 1922 | Grouin Du Cou (AD276)- French | |
| Joseph Hodgkins (FY3855) | Hepple & Co | 18 December 1918 | 20 June 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | ||
| Joshua Arabin (FY4299) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 1 May 1919 | October 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1920 | De La Pole (FY558) | |
| Matthew Cassady (FY4457) | Ailsa | 18 December 1918 | February 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | ||
| Matthew Flynn (FY3745) | Hepple & Co | 17 October 1917 | 23 February 1918 | Sold 1921 | Commiles (FY636) | |
| Michael Ging (FY3784) | George Brown | 11 May 1918 | June 1918 | Sold 1922 | ||
| Michael Griffith (FY3781) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 5 September 1918 | April 1919 | Sold 1921 | Michael Griffith (FY567) | |
| Michael Maloney (FY3513) | Smiths Dock | 7 May 1917 | June 1917 | Stranded 19 February 1920 at Egersundl, Norway | ||
| Morgan Jones (FY3845) | Fletcher & Fearnall | 10 March 1918 | March 1918 | Sold 1920 | Morgan Jones (4.114) | |
| Nathaniel Cole (FY3507) | Smiths Dock | 20 February 1917 | May 1917 | Foundered 6 February 1918 off Buncrana, Lough Swilly | ||
| Neil Smith (FY3524) | Smiths Dock | 5 July 1917 | August 1917 | Sold 1921 | Neil Smith (FY529) | |
| Oliver Pickin (FY3518) | Smiths Dock | 21 May 1917 | July 1917 | Sold 1922 | Damito (FY521) | |
| Patrick Bowe (FY3591) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 17 January 1918 | May 1918 | Sold 1922 to Spain. Wrecked 1 September 1931.[14] | ||
| Patrick Cullen (FY4460) | Ailsa | 31 March 1919 | June 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | ||
| Patrick Donovan (FY4487) | J P Rennoldson | 20 February 1920 | 20 June 1920 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1922 | ||
| Peter Blumberry (FY3583) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 18 October 1917 | February 1918 | Sold 1921 | ||
| Peter Carey (FY4445) | George Brown | 25 June 1919 | October 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | Peter Carey (FY537) | |
| Peter Hall (FY3795) | Ailsa | 6 November 1918 | December 1918 | Sold 1922 | Alvis (FY4118) | |
| Peter Killen (FY4207) | Duthie Torry | 1919 | 31 March 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | Sir John Lister (FY622) | |
| Peter Lovett (FY3509) | Smiths Dock | 9 March 1917 | May 1917 | Sold 1922 | ||
| Philip Godby (FY3783) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 24 September 1918 | May 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | ||
| Phineas Beard (FY3588) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 17 November 1917 | March 1918 | Sold 1920 | Phineas Beard | Bombed 8 December 1941 off Lunan Bay |
| Richard Bacon (FY3587) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 2 November 1917 | March 1918 | Sold 1922 | Commodator (FY634) | |
| Richard Crofts (FY3720) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 13 June 1918 | December 1918 | Sold 1921 | Richard Crofts (FY530) | |
| Richard Cundy (FY4462) | Ailsa | 12 August 1919 | October 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1920 | River Clyde | Mined 5 August 1940 off Aldeburgh |
| Richard Roberts (FY3520) | Smiths Dock | 6 June 1917 | July 1917 | Sold 11 May 1920 | ||
| Robert Bowen (FY3595) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 14 March 1918 | July 1918 | Sold 1920 | Robert Bowen | Bombed 9 February 1940 off Aberdeen |
| Robert Cloughton (FY3672) | Bow McLachlan | 18 December 1917 | December 1917 | Boom defence vessel Coronet 1933 | ||
| Robert Davidson (FY3725) | C Rennoldson | 30 November 1917 | January 1918 | Sold 1921 | ||
| Samuel Dawson (FY4486) | J P Rennoldson | 24 November 1919 | 5 February 1920 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1922 | ||
| Samuel Drake (FY3683) | Bow McLachlan | 5 November 1918 | 26 November 1918 | Sold 1924 | Southcoates (4.140) | |
| Samuel Green (FY3791) | George Brown | 30 April 1919 | July 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 and converted to yacht; in existence as floating restaurant Cruz at Leith[15] | Ocean Rover | |
| Samuel Spencer (FY3533) | Smiths Dock | 17 September 1917 | October 1917 | Sold 1921 | ||
| Siam Duffy (FY3684) | Bow McLachlan | 6 November 1918 | 27 November 1918 | Loaned to USN 1919, sold 1922 | Fontenoy | Bombed 19 Nov 1940 off Lowestoft |
| Thomas Adney (FY4295) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 2 April 1919 | November 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | ||
| Thomas Alexander (FY4404) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 18 July 1919 | June 1920 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1920 | Ben Dearg (FY690) | |
| Thomas Allen (FY4403) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 18 July 1919 | March 1920 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1922 | Milford Prince (FY614) | |
| Thomas Altoft (FY4300) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 2 June 1919 | January 1920 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1920 | Thomas Altoft (FY552) | |
| Thomas Bartlett (FY3598) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 29 May 1918 | August 1918 | Sold 11 May 1920 | Thomas Bartlett (FY553) | Mined 28 May 1940 off Calais |
| Thomas Booth (FY3592) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 14 February 1918 | June 1918 | Sold 1920 | ||
| Thomas Boudige (FY4406) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 15 August 1919 | August 1920 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1921 | Darnett Ness (FY542) | |
| Thomas Chambers (FY3670) | Bow McLachlan | 1 December 1917 | December 1917 | Sold 1922 | Lorraine (4.170) | |
| Thomas Connolly (FY3589) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 29 November 1917 | April 1918 | Sold 1920 | Thomas Connolly (Z141) | Mined 17 December 1940 off Sheerness |
| Thomas Crofton (FY3661) | Bow McLachlan | 18 June 1917 | July 1917 | Sold 4 May 1920 | Gwmaho (Z135) | |
| Thomas Daniels (FY3680) | Bow McLachlan | 10 July 1918 | 12 August 1918 | Sold 1922 | ||
| Thomas Dowding (FY3724) | C Rennoldson | 16 November 1917 | December 1917 | Sold 1923 | Ben Bheulah (FY1681) | |
| Thomas Goble (FY3539) | Smiths Dock | 17 October 1917 | November 1917 | Sold 1922 | Cotsmuir (FY550) | |
| Thomas Green (FY4218) | C Rennoldson | 28 May 1919 | January 1920 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1920 | Caerphilly Castle | |
| Thomas Hankins (FY3828) | J P Rennoldson | 10 May 1918 | 19/06/1918 | Sold 11 May 1920 | ||
| Thomas Laundry (FY4212) | J P Rennoldson | 21 October 1918 | 27 November 1918 | Loaned to USN 1919, sold 11 May 1920 | ||
| Thomas Lawrie (FY4214) | Chambers | 1919 | 1 October 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1925 | ||
| Thomas Leeds (FY4210) | Duthie Torry | June 1919 | 12 September 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | Thomas Leeds (FY520) | |
| Thomas Robins (FY3531) | Smiths Dock | 3 September 1917 | September 1917 | Sold 4 May 1920 | ||
| Thomas Twiney (FY3528) | Smiths Dock | 20 July 1917 | September 1917 | Sold 1922 | ||
| Timothy Crawley (FY3710) | Ailsa | 4 October 1917 | November 1917 | Sold 11 May 1920 | Loch Long | |
| Valentine Bower (FY3654) | C Rennoldson | 1 October 1917 | November 1917 | Sold 1923 | Milford King (FY1573) | |
| Walter Burke (FY3532) | Smiths Dock | 3 September 1917 | September 1917 | Sold 1922 | ||
| William Beatty (FY3534) | Smiths Dock | 17 September 1917 | October 1917 | Sold 4 May 1920 | ||
| William Beeton (FY3652) | C Rennoldson | 20 July 1917 | September 1917 | To Maltese Government 1921 | ||
| William Bell (FY3590) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 17 January 1918 | May 1918 | Sold 1920 | William Bell (FY1727) | |
| William Brady (FY3585) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 17 December 1917 | May 1918 | Sold 1920 | William Brady (4.112) | |
| William Browis (FY3582) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 18 October 1917 | January 1918 | Sold 1922 | Milford Queen (FY615) | |
| William Bunce (FY3538) | Smiths Dock | 3 October 1917 | November 1917 | Sold 1920 | William Bunce | |
| William Caldwell (FY3719) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 12 June 1918 | November 1918 | Loaned to USN 1919, sold 11 May 1920 | William Caldwell (Z142) | |
| William Cale (FY3666) | Bow McLachlan | 19 September 1917 | October 1917 | Sold 1922 | William Cale (FY535) | |
| William Carberry (FY4479) | Hepple & Co | 28 June 1919 | 13 December 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | ||
| William Carr (FY3674) | Bow McLachlan | 15 March 1918 | 4 April 1918 | Sold 1921 | Nazareth (FY1815) | |
| William Carrick (FY3665) | Bow McLachlan | 18 September 1917 | October 1917 | To Indian Government 1920 | ||
| William Chaseman (FY3529) | Smiths Dock | 3 August 1917 | September 1917 | Sold 4 May 1920 | Radnor Castle (FY511) | |
| William Coburne (FY3664) | Bow McLachlan | 24 July 1917 | August 1917 | Sold 1920 | ||
| William Cowling (FY3663) | Bow McLachlan | 23 July 1917 | August 1917 | Sold 1922 | Notre Dame De Lourdes | |
| William Cummins (FY3669) | Bow McLachlan | 17 November 1917 | November 1917 | Sold 1925 | Niblick | |
| William Darnold (FY3722) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | 11 July 1918 | December 1918 | Loaned to USN 1919, sold 11 May 1920 | ||
| William Downes (FY3723) | C Rennoldson | 5 November 1917 | December 1917 | Sold 1921 | ||
| William Drake (FY4483) | J P Rennoldson | 1919 | 19 May 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | ||
| William Flemming (FY3746) | Hepple & Co | 12 February 1918 | 18 May 1918 | Sold 4 May 1920 | Tranio (FY3526) | Bombed 26 Jun 1941 while under tow off Smith's Knoll |
| William Griffths (FY3788) | George Brown | 19 November 1918 | 21 February 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | ||
| William Hannam (FY4206) | Duthie Torry | November 1918 | 20 February 1919 | Sold 1920 | William Hannam (Z129) | |
| William Humphries (FY4205) | Duthie Torry | October 1918 | 24 December 1918 | Sold 1921 | ||
| William Knight (FY4208) | Duthie Torry | April 1919 | 19 June 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | Cobbers | Bombed 3 March 1941 in the North Sea |
| William Lambkin (FY4209) | Duthie Torry | May 1919 | 16 July 1919 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1919 | ||
| William Leek (FY4211) | J P Rennoldson | August 1918 | 10 October 1918 | Sold 11 May 1920 | Hildina (FY541) | |
| William Loft (FY4220) | C Rennoldson | 30 August 1919 | May 1920 | Completed as fishing vessel, sold 1923 | Tamora (FY643) | |
| William Mannell (FY3512) | Smiths Dock | 23 March 1917 | June 1917 | Sold 11 May 1920 | William Mannel (FY1665) | |
| William Spencer (FY3521) | Smiths Dock | 19 June 1917 | July 1917 | Sold 1924 | Astros (Z130) | |
| William Symons (FY3535) | Smiths Dock | 1 October 1917 | October 1917 | Sold 1922 | Lephreto (FY519) | |
| William Wilmot (FY3536) | Smiths Dock | 1 October 1917 | November 1917 | Sunk September 1920 in collision with SS Meissonier in the Irish Sea |
Cancelled
| Ship | Builder | Fate | Second World War | WWII Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Colville (FY4455) | George Brown | |||
| Alexander Dunbar (FY4493) | Hepple & Co | |||
| Collin Craig (FY4451) | George Brown | |||
| Ephraim Bright (FY4407) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | Completed as fishing vessel | ||
| James Baird (FY4411) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | Completed as fishing vessel | Ijuin (FY612) | |
| James Boyle (FY4414) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | |||
| James Coile (FY4454) | George Brown | |||
| John Benson (FY4409) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | Completed as fishing vessel | ||
| 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 & Gemmell | Completed as fishing vessel | Righto (FY604) | |
| Richard Bane (FY4410) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | Completed as fishing vessel | Rudilais (FY528) | |
| Walter Cane (FY4456) | George Brown | |||
| William Bennett (FY4408) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | Completed as fishing vessel | ||
| William Burte (FY4413) | Cook, Welton & Gemmell | Completed as fishing vessel | Reboundo (FY602) | |
| William Cable (FY4450) | George Brown | |||
| William Coran (FY4452) | George Brown |
Canadian-built
Indian-built
| Ship | Builder | Launched | Completed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombay | Bombay Dockyard | 21 September 1919 | 1919 | Completed as unarmed minesweeper or fishing vessel |
| Calcutta | Burn & Co | 1919 | 1919 | Completed as unarmed minesweeper or fishing vessel |
| Colombo | Burn & Co | 1919 | 1919 | Completed as unarmed minesweeper or fishing vessel |
| Jubbulpore | Bombay Dockyard | Cancelled 1919 | ||
| Kennery | Bombay Dockyard | 1919 | 1919 | Completed as unarmed minesweeper or fishing vessel |
| Kidderpore | Bombay Dockyard | 1919 | 1919 | Completed as unarmed minesweeper or fishing vessel |
| Madras | Burn & Co | 1919 | 1920 | Completed as unarmed minesweeper or fishing vessel |
| Salsette | Bombay Dockyard | 1919 | 1919 | Completed as unarmed minesweeper or fishing vessel |
| Sealdah | Bombay Dockyard | 1919 | 1919 | Completed as unarmed minesweeper or fishing vessel |
New Zealand-built
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