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WAKAKURA armed trawlers (1917-1918/1925-1939)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
James Cosgrove     Ailsa, Troon, UK   5.3.1918 4.1918 // 10.1939 deleted 4.1944
Wakakura (ex-TR1)     Port Arthur, Canada   9.1917 10.1917 // 1925 deleted 1947


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate James Cosgrove     Ailsa, Troon, UK   5.3.1918 4.1918 // 10.1939 deleted 4.1944 Wakakura (ex-TR1)     Port Arthur, Canada   9.1917 10.1917 // 1925 deleted 1947

Technical data


Displacement normal, t

360
Displacement full, t

547
Length, m

40.8
Breadth, m

7.16
Draught, m

2.80
No of shafts

1
Machinery

1 VTE, 1 boiler
Power, h. p.

480
Max speed, kts

10.5
Fuel, t

coal 164
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

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


Standard scale images


<i>Wakakura </i>1925
Wakakura 1925


Project history

Purpose-built standard Admiralty design. Intended for patrol, ASW and minesweeping roles. The non-standard ships included in this class varied between 236 and 276BRT, dimensions(pp) varied between 35.8 and 38.3m length and 6.71 and 7.17m beam. The first standard vessel, Nathaniel Cole, was delivered in May 1917. 16 trawlers were cancelled in 1917 to enable Smith's Dock to concentrate on gunboat production.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.