Name Net class In commission 1939–1958 | Built 1938–1939 Completed 11 | |
Builders Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd., Blyth, Northumberland (6)
Smiths Dock Co., Ltd., South Bank, North Yorkshire (2)
Lobnitz & Co. Ltd., Renfrew (2)
Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co., Sydney (1) Operators Royal Navy
Royal Australian Navy | ||
The Net class were a class of boom defence vessels of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy during World War II.
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Ships
Of the eleven ships of the class ten were built in shipyards in northern England and Scotland, while the eleventh was built in Sydney, Australia. One ship, HMS Bayonet, was lost when it struck a mine in the Firth of Forth on 21 December 1939, probably laid by the U-21 on 4 November.
Royal Navy
Royal Australian Navy
References
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