Portuguese class naval trawler

The Portuguese class vessels of World War II were naval trawlers, built in Portugal for the Royal Navy.

The vessels were built in several Portuguese yards and offered, by Portugal, to the Royal Navy. This aid to the British war effort gave origin to a protest by Nazi Germany, since, officially, Portugal was a neutral country.

After the war the ships were sold, most of them becoming mercantile vessels, some under Portuguese flag. The former HMS Product went to the Royal Hellenic Navy.

Ships in class

• HMS Prong - Launched 1942, mercantile vessel Sjostkerk 1964
• HMS Proof - Launched 1942, sold 1946
• HMS Property - Launched 1942, mercantile vessel Portrush 1946, Property 1947 and Vaagness 1955
• HMS Prophet - Launched 1942, sold 1946
• HMS Protest - Launched 1941, sold 1946
• HMS Prowess - Launched 1943, sold 1946
• HMS Probe - Launched 1942, mercantile vessel Pólo Norte 1946
• HMS Proctor - Launched 1942, mercantile vessel Arrábida 1946
• HMS Prodigal - Launched 1941, sold 1946
• HMS Product - Launched 1941, minesweeper repair ship 1943, Greek Navy Hermes 1946
• HMS Professor - Launched 1942, mercantile vessel Algenib 1946
• HMS Promise - Launched 1941, mercantile vessel Aldebaran 1946

References

• Naval Trawlers

See also

• Isles class trawler
• Tree class trawler
• Shakespearian class trawlers
• Trawlers of the Royal Navy