Round Table-class trawler

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Official phot of HMS Sir Galahad taken in April 1942
HMS Sir Galahad
Class overview
Builders:
Operators: Royal Navy
Built: 1941–1942
Completed: 8
Type:
Displacement: 440 long tons (447 t)
Length: 125 ft (38.1 m)
Beam: 23 ft 6 in (7.2 m)
Draught: 13 ft 9 in (4.2 m)
Complement: 35
Armament:

The Round Table class was a small class of trawlers built for the British Royal Navy in 1941/2.[1] The class were built by two Aberdeen shipbuilding firms Hall, Russell & Company and J. Lewis & Sons Ltd.[2]

All were built to a 1936 design, the Star of Orkney,[3] by Hall, Russell & Co but were commissioned as minesweepers.[4] Two of the class, Sir Galahad and Sir Lancelot were converted to danlayers.[1]

Ships

The ships (and assigned pennant numbers[5]) in the class were:

  • Sir Agravaine (T230) launched 5 March 1942
  • Sir Galahad (T226) launched 18 December 1941
  • Sir Gareth (T227) launched 19 January 1942
  • Sir Geraint (T240) launched 15 April 1942
  • Sir Kay (T241) launched 26 October 1942
  • Sir Lamorack (T242) launched 23 November 1942
  • Sir Lancelot (T228) launched 4 December 1941
  • Sir Tristram (T229) launched 17 January 1942

See also

References

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