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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
UNITED KINGDOM
CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS
WWII armed boarding vessels


Ships


Name Launched // Comm. Builder Tonnage, BRT Dimensions, m Speed, kts Machinery, Fuel, t Armament Fate
Chakdina 22.9.1914 // 1939 Ramage & Ferguson, Glasgow 3033 100.8(pp)x14.1x 12 1VTE 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, (0 - 1) - 76/40 sunk 5.12.1941
Chakla 17.11.1914 // 8.1939 A. Stephens, Linthouse 3081 100.7(pp)x14.1x 12 1VTE 2 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, (0 - 1) - 76/40 sunk 29.4.1941
Chantala 2.4.1920 // 1939 Barclay Curle, Glasgow 3129 100.6(pp)x14.0x 14 1VTE 2 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, (0 - 1) - 76/40 sunk 7.12.1941
Discovery II 13.11.1929 // 11.1939 Ferguson, Glasgow 1036 67.4(pp)x11.0x 9 1VTE 1 - 76/40 returned circa 1941
Fiona (ex-Juna) 16.5.1927 // 8.1939 Swan Hunter, Wallsend 2190 85.3(pp)x13.3x 13 2VTE 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 1 - 76/40 convoy service ship 1940, sunk 18.4.1941
Fratton 18.8.1925 // 8.1940 Henderson, Glasgow 757 67.1(pp)x10.2x 14 2VTE 1 - 76/40 accommodation ship 4.1944
Goodwin 4/1917 // 9.1939 Caledon, Dundee 1570 82.4(pp)x11.3x 12.5 1VTE 1 - 76/40 AA ship 1941
King Orry 11.3.1913 // 8.1939 Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 1877 91.4(pp)x13.1x 21.5 2turbines 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV sunk 3.5.1940
Knight of Malta 2.10.1929 // 7.1940 Swan Hunter, Wallsend 1553 79.4(pp)x11.4x 15 1VTE   store carrier 11.1940
Lady Nelson (RCN) 17.7.1928 // 10.1939 Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 7970 127.9(pp)x18.0x 14 2turbines   conversion not completed
Laird`s Isle 1.4.1911 // 8.1939 Denny, Dumbarton 1783 96.3(pp)x12.5x 22.5 3turbines 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV torpedo school ship 1940
Mona`s Isle 11.3.1905 // 8.1939 Denny, Dumbarton 1688 94.9(pp)x12.2x 22 3turbines 2 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 1 - 76/40 AA guardship 10.1940
Rosaura 6.4.1905 // 11.1939 Fairfield, Govan 1552 83.4(pp)x10.6x 22 3turbines   sunk 18.3.1941
St. Tudno 2.2.1926 // 9.1939 Fairfield, Govan 2326 97.0(pp)x13.5x 19 2turbines 2 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, (0 - 1) - 76/40 used as depot ship, returned 1947
Van Dyck 2.2.1920 // 1939 Swan Hunter, Wallsend 2194 87.0(pp)x12.7x 9 1VTE 2 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, (0 - 1) - 76/40 sunk 10.6.1940


Project history

ABVs were intended for patrol and boarding service.

Modernizations

1941, Chakdina: - 1 x 1 - 102/40; + 2 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I

Naval service

No significant events.