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Class overview | |
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Name | Net class |
Builders |
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Operators | |
Built | 1938–1939 |
In commission | 1939–1958 |
Completed | 11 |
Lost | 1 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Boom defence vessel |
Displacement | 530 long tons (539 t) |
Length | |
Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Complement | 32 |
Armament | 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun |
The Net class were a class of boom defence vessels of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy during World War II.
Ships
[edit]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.[2][3] 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.[4]
Royal Navy
[edit]- HMS Bayonet (Z05)
- HMS Bownet (Z90)
- HMS Burgonet (Z33)
- HMS Dragonet (Z82)
- HMS Falconet (Z19)
- HMS Magnet (Z27)
- HMS Martinet (Z41)
- HMS Planet (Z50)
- HMS Plantagenet (Z63)
- HMS Signet (Z10)
- HMS Sonnet (Z47)
Royal Australian Navy
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Boom and harbour defence vessels" (PDF). godfreydykes.info. 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur (2012). "Net class Boom defence vessels (UK)". uboat.net. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur (2012). "Net class Boom defence vessels (AUS)". uboat.net. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur (2012). "HMS Bayonet (Z 05)". uboat.net. Retrieved 18 August 2012.