Dance-class trawler
 HMT Foxtrot in December 1942 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Dance |
| Operators: |
 Royal Navy Portuguese Navy Marina Militare |
| Built: | 1940–1941 |
| In service: | 1940–1946 |
| Completed: | 20 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Armed trawler |
| Displacement: | 545 tons |
| Length: | 164 ft (50 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft 1 in (3.38 m) (mean) |
| Propulsion: | One triple expansion Reciprocating engine, 850 IHP |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 40 men |
| Armament: | 1 × 4 in gun; 3 × 20mm AA, 30 depth charges |
The Dance class vessels of World War II were armed trawlers of the Royal Navy. They were used for anti-submarine (A/S) and minesweeping work and were nearly identical to the Isles class trawlers, of which they are usually considered a subclass.
One Dance class trawler (Sword Dance) was a war loss, and one (Saltarelo) was transferred to Portugal in 1945. Four were transferred to Italy in 1946: Gavotte, Hornpipe, Minuet and Two Step. None remained in service with the Royal Navy by the end of 1946.
Ships in class
- Built by the Ardrossan Dockyard Company, Ardrossa, UK
- Cotillion – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Coverley – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Built by Cochrane & Sons, Ltd. Selby, UK
- Fandango – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Foxtrot – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, UK
- Gavotte – Launched 1940, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 312
- Hornpipe – Launched 1940, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 316
- Built by Ferguson Brothers, Port Glasgow, UK
- Mazurka – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Minuet – Launched 1941, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 307
- Built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Company, Goole, UK
- Morris Dance – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Pirouette – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Built by Hall, Russell & Company, Ltd., Aberdeen, UK
- Polka – Launched 1941, sold 1946
- Quadrille – Launched 1941, sold 1946
- Built by A. & J. Inglis, Ltd., Glasgow, UK (part of Harland and Wolff)
- Rumba – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Sarabande – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Built by Henry Robb, Ltd., Leith, UK
- Saltarelo – Launched 6 August 1940, transferred to Portugal 1945 as Salvador Correia
- Sword Dance – Launched 1940, war loss 5 July 1942
- Built by Smith's Dock Company, Ltd., South Bank-on-Tees, UK
- Tango – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Two Step, ex-Tarantella – Launched 1941, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 308
- Valse – Launched 1941, sold 1946
- Veleta – Launched 1941, sold 1946
References
- Robert Gardiner (ed. dir.), Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946, p. 66. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1980.
- Francis E. McMurtrie and Raymond V.B. Blackman (eds.), Jane's Fighting Ships 1949–50, pp. 217, 258. New York: The McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1949
See also
- Isles class trawler
- Portuguese class naval trawler
- Tree class trawler
- Shakespearian class trawlers
- Trawlers of the Royal Navy