Shakespearian-class trawler
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 HMT Coriolanus
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Shakespearian class |
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| 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 |
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The Shakespearian class trawler was a class of anti-submarine naval trawlers that served the 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.
Ships in class
- Built by Cochrane & Sons, Selby, UK
- Celia - Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Coriolanus - Launched 1940, war loss 1945
- Fluellen - Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, UK
- Built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Goole, UK
- Built by Hall, Russell & Company, Ltd., Aberdeen, UK
- Othello - Launched 1941, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 310
- Built by A. & J. Inglis, Ltd., Glasgow, UK
- Romeo - Launched 1941, sold 1946
- Rosalind - Launched 3 May 1941, transferred to Kenya 1946, joined Royal East African Navy 1952, redeployed to Madagascar 1964
See also
- Isles class trawler
- Operation Dervish Convoy (1941)
- Trawlers of the Royal Navy
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. 102, 217. New York: The McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1949.
- Anthony Preston (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II, p. 77. New York: Military Press, 1989. This is mainly a reprint of Jane's Fighting Ships 1946-47 with some materials from earlier editions.
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