Dance class minesweeper
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Dance class minesweeper | Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg |
|---|---|
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 290 tons |
| Length: | 130 ft (o.a.) |
| Beam: | 26 - 27 ft |
| Draught: | |
| Propulsion: | Machinery: Vertical compound. Boilers: Cylindrical |
| Range: | 37-41.5 tons oil. |
| Speed: | I.H.P. 450 = 9.25 - 10 knots |
| Complement: | 22-26 men |
| Armament: | Gavotte, 1 - 12 pdr., 1 - 6 pdr. Step Dance, 1 - 6 pdr. AA rest 1 - 3 pdr. |
The Dance class minesweepers were originally designed as a shallow-draft twin-screw tunnel tugs, and were taken over by the Admiralty as coastal minesweeping sloops. They were completed between November 1917 and September 1918 under the Emergency War Programme.
[edit] Ships
- HMS Cotillion - October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Day, Summers (265 tons)
- HMS Minuet - October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Day, Summers (265 tons)
- HMS Coverley - October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Ferguson Bros.(265 tons)
- HMS Quadrille - October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Ferguson Bros. (265 tons)
- HMS Hornpipe - October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Murdoch & Murray. (265 tons)
- HMS Mazurka - October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Murdoch & Murray. (265 tons)
- HMS Gavotte - December 1917;Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Given back to War Office in 1920. Builder: Goole Co.
- HMS Sarabande - December 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Given back to War Office in 1920. Builder: Goole Co.
- HMS Tarantella - December 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Builder: Hamilton
- HMS Pirouette - December 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Given back to War Office in 1920. Builder: Rennie Forrest
- HMS Morris Dance - April 1919; Used to sweep coastal areas of Northern Russia. Sold in May 1920.
- HMS Step Dance - April 1919; Used to sweep coastal areas of Northern Russia. Sold in May 1920.
- HMS Sword Dance - April 1919; Used to sweep coastal areas of Northern Russia. Mined and sunk on 24th June 1919.
- HMS Fandango - April 1919; Used to sweep coastal areas of Northern Russia. Mined and sunk on 3rd July 1919.
