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Dance class trawler

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Name
  
Dance

In service
  
1940–1946

Type
  
Armed trawler

Built
  
1940–1941

Completed
  
20

Dance-class trawler

Operators
  
Royal Navy  Portuguese Navy  Marina Militare

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
  • Cotillion – Launched 1940, sold 1946
  • Coverley – Launched 1940, sold 1946
  • Built by Cochrane & Sons, Ltd. Selby, UK
  • Fandango – Launched 1940, sold 1946
  • Foxtrot – Launched 1940, sold 1946
  • Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, UK
  • Gavotte – Launched 1940, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 312
  • Hornpipe – Launched 1940, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 316
  • Built by Ferguson Brothers, Port Glasgow, UK
  • Mazurka – Launched 1940, sold 1946
  • Minuet – Launched 1941, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 307
  • Built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Company, Goole, UK
  • Morris Dance – Launched 1940, sold 1946
  • Pirouette – Launched 1940, sold 1946
  • Built by Hall, Russell & Company, Ltd., Aberdeen, UK
  • Polka – Launched 1941, sold 1946
  • Quadrille – Launched 1941, sold 1946
  • Built by A. & J. Inglis, Ltd., Glasgow, UK (part of Harland and Wolff)
  • Rumba – Launched 1940, sold 1946
  • Sarabande – Launched 1940, sold 1946
  • Built by Henry Robb, Ltd., Leith, UK
  • Saltarelo – Launched 6 August 1940, transferred to Portugal 1945 as Salvador Correia
  • Sword Dance – Launched 1940, war loss 5 July 1942
  • Built by Smith's Dock Company, Ltd., South Bank-on-Tees, UK
  • Tango – Launched 1940, sold 1946
  • Two Step, ex-Tarantella – Launched 1941, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 308
  • Valse – Launched 1941, sold 1946
  • Veleta – Launched 1941, sold 1946

    • References

    Dance-class trawler Wikipedia
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