NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Battleaxe (ex-T.16), 9.1920- Dee	4333	687	Smiths Dock, South Bank		19.6.1916	9.1916 // 8.1918	sold 1946
Goldaxe (ex-T.13), 9.1920- Garry	4331	684	Smiths Dock, South Bank		1.6.1916	9.1916 // 8.1918	sold 1946
Iceaxe (ex-T.17), 9.1920- Kennet	4334	688	Smiths Dock, South Bank		17.7.1916	9.1916 // 8.1918	firefloat 1945
Ironaxe (ex-T.22)	4337	693	Smiths Dock, South Bank		31.8.1916	9.1916 // 8.1918	to France 12.1918 (Comandant Vergoignan)
Poleaxe (ex-T.19)	4335		Cochrane, Selby		8.1917	9.1917 // 8.1918	sold 7.1921
Stoneaxe (ex-T.14), 9.1920- Liffey	4332	685	Smiths Dock, South Bank		1.6.1916	9.1916 // 8.1918	sold 1947
Woodaxe (ex-T.20)	4336	691	Smiths Dock, South Bank		3.8.1916	9.1916 // 8.1918	to France 12.1918 (Woodaxe)

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	520 Poleaxe: 540
Displacement full, t
Length, m	39.6 pp 42.3 oa Poleaxe: 41.3 pp
Breadth, m	7.16
Draught, m	3.66 Poleaxe: 3.81
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 1 boiler
Power, h. p.	490 Poleaxe: 500
Max speed, kts	10.5 Poleaxe: 11
Fuel, t	coal 140
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 75/48 10pdr Russian Mk I, mechanical minesweeping gear Poleaxe: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	20

Standard scale images

Project history

Ex-Russian trawlers seized in White Sea.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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