- Dance class armed trawler
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HMT Foxtrot in December 1942Class overview Name: Dance Operators: 
Royal Navy
Portuguese Navy
Marina MilitareBuilt: 1940 - 1941 In service: 1940 - 1946 Completed: 20 General characteristics Type: Armed trawler Displacement: 545 tons Length: 164 feet Beam: 27 ft. 8 in. Draught: 11 ft. 1 in. (mean) Propulsion: One triple expansion Reciprocating engine, 850 IHP Speed: 12 kts Complement: 40 men Armament: 1 x 4 in gun; 3 x 20mm AA, 30 depth charges The Dance class vessels of World War II were armed trawlers of the Royal Navy. They were used for anti-submarine (A/S) and minesweeping work and were nearly identical to the Isles class trawlers, of which they are usually considered a subclass.
One Dance class trawler (Sword Dance) was a war loss, and one (Saltarelo) was transferred to Portugal in 1945. Four were transferred to Italy in 1946: Gavotte, Hornpipe, Minuet and Two Step. None remained in service with the Royal Navy by the end of 1946.
Ships in class
- Built by the Ardrossan Dockyard Company, Ardrossa, UK
- Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, UK
- edit] References
- Robert Gardiner (ed. dir.), Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946, p. 66. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1980.
- Francis E. McMurtrie and Raymond V.B. Blackman (eds.), Jane's Fighting Ships 1949-50, pp. 217, 258. New York: The McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1949
See also
- Isles class trawler
- Portuguese class naval trawler
- Tree class trawler
- Shakespearian class trawlers
- Trawlers of the Royal Navy
- edit] References
- Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, UK
Categories:- Mine warfare classes
- Dance class trawlers
- World War II minesweepers of the United Kingdom
- World War II patrol vessels of the United Kingdom
- Minesweepers of the Marina Militare
- Patrol vessels of the Marina Militare
- Minesweepers of the Portuguese Navy
- Patrol vessels of the Portuguese Navy
- Built by the Ardrossan Dockyard Company, Ardrossa, UK
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