NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Lancer, 1917- Lancer II		596	Smiths Dock, South Bank		17.12.1914	2.1915	collision 18.7.1918
Dragoon, 1920- Drummer		599	Smiths Dock, South Bank		16.1.1915	2.1915	sold 2.1920, minesweeper 8.1939, sunk 4.8.1940
Gunner		600	Smiths Dock, South Bank		16.1.1915	2.1915	sold 1920
Fusilier, 1919- Carbinier II		602	Smiths Dock, South Bank		1.2.1915	3.1915	sold 2.1920, patrol 5.1940 - 1940
Sapper		601	Smiths Dock, South Bank		1.2.1915	3.1915	foundered 29.12.1917
Carbineer		603	Smiths Dock, South Bank		15.2.1915	3.1915	wrecked 18.5.1916
Bombardier		597	Smiths Dock, South Bank		1.4.1915	5.1915	sold 5.1920
Brigadier, 1920- Bugler		598	Smiths Dock, South Bank		1.4.1915	5.1915	sold 5.1920
Highlander		624	Smiths Dock, South Bank		29.4.1915	1915	sold 1921
Trooper		625	Smiths Dock, South Bank		29.4.1915	6.1915	sold 10.1920

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Bombardier, Brigadier: 303 Carbineer, Dragoon, Fusilier, Lancer, Sapper: 276 Highlander, Trooper: 239
Displacement full, t
Length, m	Bombardier, Brigadier, Carbineer, Dragoon, Fusilier, Lancer, Sapper: 39.6 pp Highlander, Trooper: 36.0 pp
Breadth, m	Bombardier, Brigadier: 7.32 Carbineer, Dragoon, Fusilier, Lancer, Sapper: 7.16 Highlander, Trooper: 6.86
Draught, m	Bombardier, Brigadier: 4.04 Carbineer, Dragoon, Fusilier, Lancer, Sapper: 3.73 Highlander, Trooper: 3.81
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 1 boiler
Power, h. p.
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Bombardier, Brigadier, Fusilier, Sapper: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II, mechanical minesweeping gear Carbineer, Lancer: 1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, mechanical minesweeping gear Dragoon: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II, 1 DCT, mechanical minesweeping gear Highlander, Trooper: 1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement

Project history

Trawlers purchased by Admiralty before completion. Gunner was completed as Q-ship.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Lancer II collided off Brighton 18.7.1918. Sapper foundered off Ower's 29.12.1917.

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