Battle-class trawler
1917 Canadian naval trawler class / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle-class trawlers were a class of naval trawlers built for and used by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the First World War. Between the wars, some remained in RCN service, but most were transferred to the Department of Marine and Fisheries, where they performed a number of functions, including working as lightships and fisheries patrol vessels. During the Second World War, a number of these trawlers were re-acquired by the RCN, but all the navy's Battle-class trawlers were decommissioned soon after the war. A number of the class remained in civilian government and commercial service for years after the war, although most had been disposed of by the early 1960s.
Armentières at Vancouver on 27 May 1933 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Battle class |
Builders | |
Operators | Royal Canadian Navy |
Built | 1917 |
In commission | 1917–1946 |
Completed | 12 |
Lost | 4 |
Scrapped | 8 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Naval trawler |
Displacement |
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Length | 130 ft (40 m) |
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Draught |
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Propulsion | 1 x triple expansion, 480 ihp (360 kW) |
Speed | 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
Armament | 1 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun |