NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	Launched // Comm.	Builder	Tonnage, BRT	Dimensions (LppxB), m	Speed, kts	Machinery, Fuel, t	Armament	Fate
Gallia	1904 // mid-1917	Stre Reunis, Nantes, France	1284	79.5x8.7	14	2VTE	1-120/40	stricken 1919
Indravati	19.3.1896 // mid-1917	Ailsa SB, Troon	1053	64.5x9.5	12.5	1VTE		stricken 1919
Katoria	24.10.1889 // mid-1917	Denny, Dumbarton	1127	73.2x10.4	13	1VTE		stricken 1919
Lady Fraser (RIM)	14.3.1908 // mid-1917	Fairfield, Govan	1669	86.0x11.6	12.5	2VTE		stricken 1919
Lhasa	13.7.1904 // mid-1917	Denny, Dumbarton	2171	84.1x13.4	16	3turbines		stricken 1919
Mahanadi	28.5.1892 // mid-1917	Ailsa SB, Troon	1190	69.2x10.0	13	1VTE		stricken 1919
Mayo (RIM)	23.9.1896 // mid-1917	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	1778	85.6x11.6		1VTE		sunk 8.9.1916
Satrunji	22.10.1892 // mid-1917	Ailsa SB, Troon	1192	69.2x10.1	13	1VTE		stricken 1919
Mourilyan (RAN)	16.6.1908 // 5.1918	Stephen, Linthouse	1349	67.3x11.0	11.5	2VTE	1 - 120/40, 2-47	stricken 1921
Belize	25.3.1914 // 2.1917	Caledon SB, Dundee	1498	67.2x11.3	12	2VTE	1-76/40	stricken 2.1919
Alader Youssanoff	1905 // 1.1919		2071				1-76/40	stricken 8.1919
Orlionoch	1883 // 1918		1406				2-102/55	stricken 8.1919

100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels

Cleethorpes (1903, 273, 6.1916 - 4.1919); Duchess of Norfolk (1911, 381, 5.1916 - 4.1919); Duchess of Richmond (1910, 354, 5.1916 - 4.1919); Duchess of York (1896, 302, 5.1916 - 6.1921); Duke (ex-Duke of Devonshire), 3.1919- Duke II (1896, 257, 5.1916 - 4.1919); Emperor of India II (ex-Princess Royal), 5.1918- Mahratta (1906, 482, 5.1916 - 4.1919); Ivy (1895, 870, 1-76, 9.1914 - 1919); Majestic II (1901, 408, 5.1916 - 28.7.1916); Marchioness of Lorne (1891, 295, 6.1916 - 4.1919); Minerva II (1893, 315, 6.1916 - 4.1919); Princess Mary, 5.1916- Princess Mary II (1911, 326, 5.1916 - 2.8.1919); Queen IV (1902, 345, 5.1916 - 4.1919); Stirling Castle (1899, 271, 5.1916 - 26.9.1916)

miscellaneous patrol vessels

Dirk (1909, 181, 1-76, 9.1917 - 28.5.1918); Lochiel (1908, 241, 1-76, 9.1917 - 24.7.1918); Robina (1914, 306, 11.1914 - 6.1919); Syria (1898, 750, 11.1914 - 7.1916); Porpoise (,, 2-76, 9.1914 - 1919); Remus (1913, 203, 3-76, 9.1914 - 1919); Sunda (1899, 120, 8.1914 - 1919); Adjutant (1905, 231, 10.1914 - 6.2.1915); Duplex (ex-Nentwater) (1872, 874, 11.1914 - 8.1915); Guendolen (1899, 250, 11.1914 - 1915); Hellmuth (1899, 774, 11.1914 - 1915); Ashmani (mid-1917 - 1919); Badora (1914, 279, mid-1917 - 1919); Bahrein (RIM) (,, 5.1915 - 1919); Balgay (1897, 303, mid-1917 - 1919); Ban Whatt Hin (1885, 361, mid-1917 - 1919); Bhamo (RIM) (1896, 255, mid-1917 - 1919); Curlew (1876, 305, mid-1917 - 1919); Elephanta (RIM) (,, mid-1917 - 1919); General Brackenbury (, 127, mid-1917 - 1919); General Elles (, 154, mid-1917 - 1919); Goliath (1902, 310, mid-1917 - 1919); Hindu (1894, 770, mid-1917 - 1919); Hye Leong (1882, 494, 10.1917 - 1919); Irrawadi (, 338, mid-1917 - 1919); Jattra (1896, 371, mid-1917 - 1919); Kaipan (1888, 300, mid-1917 - 1919); Lark (1891, 133, mid-1917 - 1919); Nearchus (1914, 925, mid-1917 - 1919); Nilla (1908, 208, mid-1917 - 1919); Retriever (,, mid-1917 - 1919); Rose (1904, 308, mid-1917 - 1919); Samson (1902, 310, mid-1917 - 1919); Sandoway (1915, 291, mid-1917 - 1919); Sarasvati (1907, 962, mid-1917 - 1919); Sheikh-Berkhud (1891, 327, 5.1917 - 1919); Sladen (RIM) (1886, 270, mid-1917 - 1919); Tarotyua (1914, 133, mid-1917 - 1919); Violet (1913, 251, 6.1914 - 1919); Zahora (, 200, 12.1917 - 1919); Brunei (1905, 126, mid-1916 - 1919); Carlyle (1905, 199, mid-1916 - 1919); Christopher Wren (1905, 120, mid-1916 - 1919); Edmund Ironsides (1905, 116, mid-1916 - 1919); Fitz Ailwin (1905, 116, mid-1916 - 1919); Blosse Lynch (,, 2-88, 12.1914 - 1919); Julnar (1909, 884, 4.1916 - 24.6.1918), Massoudieh (,, 6.1915 - 1919); Mejidieh (1882, 463, 2-88, 12.1914 - 1919); Azerbaijan (RIM) (,, 10.1918 - 11.1919); Comet (, 144, 11.1914 - 1.12.1915); Mozaffir (,, 3.1915 - 1919); Quandmere (,, 9.1916 - 1919); Shusan (,, 1-76, 3.1915 - 1919); Coogie (RAN) (ex-Lancashire Witch) (1887, 762, 1-120/40, 5.1918 - 1921); Gannet (RAN) (ex-Penguin) (, 208, 1-76, 7.1918 - 1919); PV.I (ex-William B. Murray) (1912, 390, 1-76, 3.1917 - 1919); PV.II (ex-Amagansett) (1912, 390, 1-76, 3.1917 - 4.1919); PV.III (ex-Herbert N. Edwards) (1911, 323, 1-76, 3.1917 - 4.1919); PV.IV (ex-Martin J. Marran) (1911, 308, 1-76, 3.1917 - 4.1919); PV.V (ex-Pollin E. Mason) (1911, 323, 1-76, 3.1917 - 4.1919); PV.VI (ex-Leander Wilcox) (1903, 205, 1-76, 4.1917 - 4.1919); PV.VII (ex-Rowland H. Wilcox) (1911, 247, 1-76, 4.1917 - 4.1919); Acadia (1913, 846, 1-102/40, 12.1914 - 1919); Albacore (,, 12.1914 - 1919); Baleine (1907, 418, 12.1914 - 1919); Canada (1904, 411, 2-76, 12.1914 - 1919); Cartier (1910, 556, 3-76, 12.1914 - 1919); Constance (1891, 400, 12.1914 - 1919); Curlew (1892, 400, 12.1914 - 1919); Deliverance (1914, 280, 12.1914 - 1919); Falcon (,, 12.1914 - 1919); Florence (1883, 133, 12.1914 - 1919); Galiano (1913, 393, 12.1914 - 30.10.1918); Malaspina (1913, 392, 12.1914 - 1919); Margaret (1914, 756, 12.1914 - 1919); Newington (1899, 193, 12.1914 - 1919); Petrel (1892, 192, 12.1914 - 1919); Premier (1907, 254, 12.1914 - 1919); Sable Island (1914, 734, 12.1914 - 1919); Scotsman (1903, 285, 12.1914 - 1919); Speedy II (1896, 252, 12.1914 - 1919); Gopher (1910, 198, 10.1915 - 1919); Grib (1907, 140, 5.1917 - 1919); Grilse (1912, 287, 2-76, 1-356TT, 1917 - 1919); Hochelaga (ex-Waturas) (1900, 628, 1-76, 1917 - 1919); Lady Evelyn (ex-Deerhound) (1901, 483, 6.1917 - 1919); Lansdowne (1884, 680, 4.1917 - 1919); Laurentian (ex-King Edward) (1902, 355, 5.1917 - 1919); Musquash (1910, 198, 10.1915 - 1919); Starling (1888, 193, 1917 - 1919); Tuna (ex-Tarantula) (1902, 124, 2-356TT, 1917 - 1919); Arawana (1914, 152, 1-76, 3.1917 - 1.1919); Essequibo (1891, 202, 2-76, 3.1917 - 1.1919); Parika (1904, 304, 2-76, 3.1917 - 1.1919); Puruni (1905, 295, 2-76, 3.1917 - 29.8.1918); St. Patrick (1913, 180, 2.1917 - 2.1919); Towy (1914, 199, 2.1917 - 2.1919); Borodino (,, 4.1919 - 9.1919); Dublin Castle (,, 2-152/40, 1918 - 7.1919); Edinburgh Castle (,, 1-76, 1918 - 7.1919); Windsor Castle (,, 4-102/40, 1918 - 8.1919)

hired patrol tugs

Alexandra (1907, 168, 10.1914 - 12.1914); Beaver (1897, 154, 10.1914 - 11.1914); Blackcock (1886, 254, 8.1914 - 11.1914); Harrington (1903, 149, 10.1914 - 12.1914); Herculaneum (1909, 172, 10.1914 - 12.1914); Hornby (1909, 168, 10.1914 - 5.1916); Knight Errant (1905, 148, 10.1914 - 11.1914); North Cock (1903, 149, 10.1914 - 11.1914); Otter (1887, 165, 10.1914 - 11.1914); Ralph Brocklebank (1903, 173, 10.1914 - 11.1914); Torfrida (1889, 133, 11.1914 - 11.1914); W. E. Dorrington (1906, 175, 10.1914 - 11.1914); Wallasey (1903, 149, 10.1914 - 12.1914)

Project history

merchant vessels converted to armed boarding steamers. They were employed on examination duties at sea for the purpose of enforcing the naval blockade.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Format of date including day/month/year means loss of the vessel. Format of date containing month/year means return to owner or conversion to miscellaneous vessel. Mayo was sunk 8.9.1916 by German submarine.