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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Shakespearian class |
| Builders: | Cochrane & Sons, Selby Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Goole Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen A. & J. Inglis, Glasgow |
| Operators: | Royal Navy |
| Built: | 1940–1941 |
| In commission: | 1940–1947 |
| Completed: | 12 |
| Lost: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Naval trawler |
| Displacement: | 545 long tons (554 t) |
| Length: | 164 ft (50 m) |
| Propulsion: | Reciprocating engine, 1 shaft |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 40 |
| Armament: | • 1 × 12-pounder gun • 3 × Oerlikon 20 mm AA guns • 30 × depth charges |
The Shakespearian class were anti-submarine naval trawlers which served in Royal Navy. Ships in this class had a displacement of 545 tons, a top speed of 12 knots, a crew of 40 men, and armament of one 12-pounder AA gun, three 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns and 30 depth charges. They were nearly identical to the Isles class trawlers, of which they are usually considered a subclass.
Three of the Shakespearian class trawlers were war losses: Coriolanus, Horatio and Laertes. One (Othello) was transferred to Italy in 1946, and another (Rosalind) to Kenya, also in 1946. By the end of that year, only Hamlet and Macbeth remained in service with the Royal Navy; both were sold in 1947.
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