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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
UNITED KINGDOM
CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS
WWII special service vessels
Ships
| Name | Decoy name | Launched // Comm. | Builder | Tonnage, BRT | Dimensions, m | Speed, kts | Machinery, Fuel, t | Armament | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauly | Looe | 2.5.1924 // 10.1939 | Ailsa, Troon | 1061 | 73.8(pp)x10.4x | 11 | 1VTE, coal | 4 - 102/40 Mk IV, 2 - 533 TT | |||||||||||
| Botlea | Lambridge | 1917 // 9.1939 | Ayrshire, Irvine | 5119 | 122.1(pp)x16.3x | 14 | 1VTE, coal 1482 | 7 - 102/40 Mk IV, 4 - 533 TT | |||||||||||
| Cape Howe (ex-Knight Almoner) | Prunella | 31.3.1930 // 9.1939 | Lithgows, Glasgow | 4443 | 114.3(pp)x16.2x | 13.5 | 1VTE, coal | 7 - 102/40 Mk IV, 4 - 533 TT | |||||||||||
| Cape Sable | Cyprus | 12.3.1936 // 9.1939 | Lithgows, Glasgow | 4398 | 114.3(pp)x16.2x | 13.5 | 1VTE, coal 853 | 7 - 102/40 Mk IV, 4 - 533 TT | |||||||||||
| City of Durban | Brutus | 30.9.1920 // 9.1939 | Earle, Hull | 5945 | 115.7(pp)x15.9x | 15 | 1turbine, coal 1476 | 9 - 102/40 Mk IV, 4 - 533 TT | |||||||||||
| Holland (ex-Dansted) | 16.8.1919 // 6.1940 | P. P. Stuhr, Aalborg, Denmark | 1251 | 72.7(pp)x11.0x | 9 | 1VTE | |||||||||||||
| King Gruffydd (ex-Ambatielos) | Maunder | 11.10.1919 // 3.1941 | Whampoa, Kowloon | 5063 | 122.0(pp)x15.9x | 15 | 1VTE, coal 1325 | 7 - 102/40 Mk IV, 4 - 533 TT | |||||||||||
| Le Rhin | Fidelity | 23.2.1920 // 9.1940 | Grayson, Birkenhead | 2456 | 80.7(pp)x12.6x | 9.5 | 1VTE | 4 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, 2 - 75/50, 4 - 40/39 pompom, 1 - 37/50, 2 - 25/50, 4 - 533 TT, 2 saplanes, MTB105 | |||||||||||
| Minnie de Larrinaga | 30.6.1914 // 1940 | Russell, Aberdeen | 5046 | 128.0(pp)x16.5x | 10.5 | 1VTE | |||||||||||||
| Orchy | Antoine | 1.5.1930 // 10.1939 | Ailsa, Troon | 1090 | 75.1(pp)x11.0x | 11 | 1VTE, coal | 4 - 102/40 Mk IV, 2 - 533 TT | to MWT 6.1941 | ||||||||||
| PC74 | Chatsgrove | 4.10.1918 // 1939 | White, Cowes | 610 t (Dp) | 75.3x8.2x2.4 | 20 | 2turbines, oil 164 | 1 - 102/40 Mk IV, 4 - 450 TT | |||||||||||
| Willamette Valley (ex-West Lynn) | Edgehill | 14.8.1928 // 9.1939 | Napier & Miller, Govan | 4702 | 122.3(pp)x16.5x | 15 | 1diesel, oil 898 | 9 - 102/40 Mk IV, 4 - 533 TT | AMC 2.1941, returned 12.1941 | sunk 21.6.1940 | AMC 2.1941, returned 3.1942 | AMC 3.1941, returned 4.1942 | returned 1.1941, minelayer 1942 | AMC 3.1941, returned 12.1941 | sunk 30.12.1942 | wrecked 8.9.1940 when fitting out | to MWT 6.1941 | returned 1945 | sunk 29.6.1940 |
Project history
Decoy vessels intended to catch German submarines and commerce raiders. All these ships had DCs.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
Format of date including day/month/year means loss of the vessel. Format of date containing month/year means return to owner or conversion to miscellaneous vessel. Cape Howe, Le Rhin and Willamette Valley were sunk by submarines. Le Rhin was used as AA decoy vessel.
