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Naval trawlers are vessels built along the lines of a fishing trawler but fitted out for naval purposes; they were widely used during the First and Second World Wars. Some, known in the Royal Navy as "Admiralty trawlers", were purpose-built to naval specifications; others were adapted from civilian use.
Night Hawk had a tonnage of 287 and was used as a fishing trawler based in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. [1] At the outbreak of the First World War she was requisitioned by the Admiralty for the Royal Navy to serve as a mine trawler with the Auxiliary Patrol. [1] [2] In this role she became His Majesty's Trawler Night Hawk and had pendant number FY 57 ...
The Royal Naval Patrol Service has its origins in the Great War when the threat of mine warfare was first realized by the British Admiralty.The pre-war Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, is credited with recommending the use of Grimsby trawlers for minesweeping operations following visits he made to various East Coast Ports in 1907.
Naval trawlers were purpose-built or requisitioned and operated by the Royal Navy (RN), mainly during World Wars I and II. Vessels built to Admiralty specifications for RN use were known as Admiralty trawlers. All trawlers operated by the RN, regardless of origin, were typically given the prefix HMT, for "His Majesty's Trawler".
Naval trawlers were fishing trawlers converted or specially built, and armed to create small escort and patrol ships and minesweepers in both World Wars. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
HM Trawler Arab was a trawler launched in 1936. At the outbreak of World War II, she became a naval trawler serving in the Royal Naval Patrol Service (RNPS; aka "Harry Tate's Navy" or "Churchill's Pirates"). Lieutenant Richard Been Stannard won the Victoria Cross (VC) while serving as her commander during the Namsos campaign in 1940. The ...
Exam hospital trawler, returned Aug 1946 HMT Avonstream: Sep 1939: Minesweeper, returned Jul 1945 HMT Avonwater: Sep 1939: Boom defence vessel, returned May 1946 HMT Ayrshire: Sep 1939: Anti-submarine, returned Oct 1945
HMCS Arras was one of twelve Battle-class naval trawlers that saw service with the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). The vessel entered service in 1918 near the end of the First World War and was used for patrolling and escort duties along the Atlantic Coast of Canada.