NAVYPEDIA

Support the project with paypal


HOME
FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
NEW ZEALAND
MINE WARFARE SHIPS
THOMAS CURRELL armed trawler (1919/1939)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Thomas Currell     Williamson, Workington, UK   1919 5.1919 // 10.1939 stricken 11.1945


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate Thomas Currell     Williamson, Workington, UK   1919 5.1919 // 10.1939 stricken 11.1945

Technical data


Displacement normal, t

311

Displacement full, t

429

Length, m

37.5

Breadth, m

6.79

Draught, m

2.76

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

430

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

coal 102

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement 


Project history

Purpose-built standard Admiralty design. Intended for patrol, ASW and minesweeping roles. The non-standard units varied between 194 and 237BRT, dimensions (pp) varied between 35.1 and 37.3m length and 6.71 and 6.86m beam. Delivery of the first standard ship, George Borthwick, occured in August 1917.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.