CD-class naval drifter

The Canadian naval drifter CD 27
Class overview
Name: CD-class naval drifter
Operators:  Royal Canadian Navy
Built: 1917–1919
Completed: 37[1]
General characteristics
Type: Naval trawler
Displacement: 99 long tons (101 t)[1]
Length: 84 ft (26 m)[1]
Beam: 19 ft (5.8 m)[1]
Draught: 10 ft (3.0 m)[1]
Speed: 9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h)[1]
Armament: 1 × QF 6-pounder (57-mm) gun[1]

CD-class naval drifters were armed naval drifters built during World War I for the Royal Canadian Navy (CD stood for "Canadian Drifter"). 100 of these were ordered, numbered from CD 1 to CD 100. Of these, 37 were completed. Some were lent to the US Navy and Royal Navy during the Second World War.[2][1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CD Type minesweeping trawlers
  2. ↑ Gardiner R and Budzbon P (1985) Conway's All the world's fighting ships, 1906-1921 Conway, p. 104. ISBN 978-0-85177-245-5.
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