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BAFFIN armed trawlers (1942-1944)


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  Lundy after war in an auxiliary role  

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate Modification
Anticosti T274   Collingwood SY 10.1941 1.4.1942 10.1942 to UK 6.1945 armed trawlers
Baffin T275   Collingwood SY 10.1941 13.4.1942 8.1942 to UK 8.1945 armed trawlers
Bowell, 11.1942- Miscou (ex-Campenia) T277   Collingwood SY 12.1941 1.6.1942 10.1942 sold 3.1946 armed trawlers
Cailiff T276   Collingwood SY 12.1941 30.4.1942 9.1942 to UK 6.1945 armed trawlers
Ironbound T284   Kingston SY 10.1941 14.1.1942 10.1942 to UK 6.1945 armed trawlers
Liscomb T285   Kingston SY 7.1941 23.3.1942 9.1942 to UK 6.1945 armed trawlers
Magdalen T279   Midland SB 10.1941 3.7.1942 8.1942 to UK 6.1945 armed trawlers
Manitoulin T280   Midland SB 11.1941 23.4.1942 9.1942 to UK 6.1945 armed trawlers
Stonechat     Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK 2.1944 28.8.1944 11.1944 BU 1967 controlled minelayers
Whitethroat     Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, UK 5.1944 6.9.1944 12.1944 survey vessel 1960 controlled minelayers


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

545

Displacement full, t770
Length, m50.0
Breadth, m8.43
Draught, m3.38 deep load
No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler

Power, h. p.

850

Max speed, kts

12.25

Fuel, t

coal 183

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (30), mechanical minesweeping gear

minelayers: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, mines

Complement

35 - 40



Standard scale images


<i>Baffin</i> 1945
Baffin 1945


Graphics


  <i>Lundy</i> after war in an auxiliary role  
  Lundy after war in an auxiliary role  
<i>Blackbird</i> 1943  
Blackbird 1943  


Project history

Development of Basset class, intended for minesweeping.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.