NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
A4 (ex-Pilote 4, ex-James Adams)			Cochrane, Selby, UK		7.7.1917	10/1917 // 10.1939	interned in Spain 6.1940, pilot vessel 1946
A5 (ex-Pilote 5, ex-John Ebbs)			Cochrane, Selby, UK		2.10.1917	12/1917 // 2.1940	interned in Spain 6.1940, pilot vessel 1946

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	438
Displacement full, t	665
Length, m	45.1
Breadth, m	7.24
Draught, m	2.75
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 1 boiler
Power, h. p.	600
Max speed, kts	11
Fuel, t	coal 184
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 7.9/79
Complement

Standard scale images

Project history

Purpose-built standard Admiralty design (Mersey class). Intended for patrol, ASW and minesweeping roles. In 1919 two trawlers were purchased by Belgium for pilot service.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Both were interned in Spain in June, 1940, returned after war and served as pilot vessels since 1946.