Fish-class trawler

The Fish class of Admiralty trawlers was a small class of trawlers built for the British Royal Navy during the Second World War.

Class overview
Name: Fish class
Builders: Cochrane & Sons, Selby
Operators:  Royal Navy
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
Armament:

The vessels were intended for use as mine-sweepers 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 accidents. Two vessels, Mackerel and Turbot, were converted for use as controlled minelayers, and were renamed Corncrake and Redshank, respectively.[3]

Ships
  • Bonito (T231), completed 15 February 1942
  • Bream (T306), completed 30 March 1943
  • Corncrake (M82) (ex Mackerel), completed 7 December 1942 : foundered 25 January 1943
  • Grayling (T243), completed 4 July 1942
  • Grilse (T368), completed 29 June 1943
  • Herring (T307), completed 10 April 1943: lost 22 April 1943, collision, North Sea
  • Mullet (T311), completed 14 November 1942
  • Pollock (T347), completed 20 July 1943
  • Redshank (M31) (ex Turbot), completed 10 January 1943
  • Whiting (T232), completed 9 March 1942

See also

Notes
  1. Conway p67
  2. Elliott p286
  3. Conway p67

References
  • Conway : Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 (1980) ISBN 0-85177-146-7
  • Elliott, Peter: Allied Escort Ships of World War II (1977) ISBN 0-356-08401-9
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