NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate	Modification
Roger de Coverley, 1918- Coverley	1244	228	Ferguson, Glasgow	1917	19.7.1917	1917	sold 5.1920	transferred 10.1917
Hornpipe	1243	273	Murdoch & Murray, Glasgow	1917	25.7.1917	1917	sold 5.1920	transferred 10.1917
Cotillion (ex-T92)	1240		Day Summers, Southampton	1917	4.9.1917	1917	sold 5.1920	transferred 10.1917
Minuet (ex-T93)	1241		Day Summers, Southampton	1917	18.9.1917	1917	sold 5.1920	transferred 10.1917
Quadrille	1245	229	Ferguson, Glasgow	1917	21.9.1917	1917	sold 5.1920	transferred 10.1917
Mazurka	1242	274	Murdoch & Murray, Glasgow	1917	13.10.1917	1917	sold 5.1920	transferred 10.1917
Pirouette	1645	1308	Rennie Forrest, Wivenhoe	1917	10.9.1917	1917	to War Dept. 1920	transferred 12.1917
Tarantella (ex-T95)	1642	343	Hamilton, Glasgow	1917	22.10.1917	1917	sold 1921	transferred 12.1917
Gavotte	1643	213	Goole SB	1917	1.3.1918	1918	to War Dept. 1920	transferred 12.1917
Sarabande	1644	214	Goole SB	1917	12.4.1918	1918	to War Dept. 1920	transferred 12.1917
Fandango (ex-T98)	T2N		Lytham SB	1917	1917	1919	sunk 3.7.1919	transferred 4.1919
Morris Dance (ex-T99)	T0N		Lytham SB	1917	1918	1919	sold 5.1920	transferred 4.1919
Step Dance (ex-ET11)	T1N		Lytham SB	1917	1918	1919	sold 5.1920	transferred 4.1919
Sword Dance (ex-ET10)	T3N		Lytham SB	1917	1918	1919	sunk 24.6.1919	transferred 4.1919

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	transferred 10.1917: 290 transferred 12.1917 and 4.1919: 265
Displacement full, t
Length, m	39.6
Breadth, m	8.01
Draught, m	1.14
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler
Power, h. p.	450
Max speed, kts	9.5
Fuel, t	oil 37 - 42
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Cotillion, Coverley, Pirouette, Quadrille, Sarabande: 1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, mechanical minesweeping gear Hornpipe, Minouet, Mazurka, Fandango, Morris Dance, Step Dance, Sword Dance: 1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, mechanical minesweeping gear Gavotte, Tarantella: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II, 1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	22 - 26

Project history

In July 1917 a requirement for shallow-draught minesweepers arose, to permit inshore sweeping at low tide. The Director of Auxiliary Vessels suggested that some of the 'tunnel tugs' building for the War Office for service in Mesopotamia could be adapted, as their draught was only 1.07m. Six currently under construction were then bought from the War Office in October 1917 at a cost of £169,350. In December 1917 four more were taken over at a cost of £4500 per ship, on the understanding that they would revert to the War Office after the end of the War. These 10 ships were converted during construction, being given a trawl winch and a light pattern of sweep gear. Despite being somewhat spartan in their accommodation they were successful, and all were based at Dunkirk in 1918, sweeping mines off the Flanders coast. In April 1919 another four were acquired for service in North Russia. They were specially modified for the extremes of weather at Archangel, with mosquito netting, as well as heaters to enable aircraft engines to be warmed up in cold weather. They were boarded up for the long voyage in tow.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Fandango was mined in the Dvina River on 3 July 1919, and Sword Dance on 24 June 1919.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.