British Naval trawlers and drifters in two World Wars: From the John Lambert Collection

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Title Copyright Contents Preface Hugh John Lambert (1937–2016) Publisher’s Note Part One: The First World War 1: A Change of Strategy 2: Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Men 3: Materiel 4: Fishing for Mines 5: Fishing for Submarines 6: General Duties 7: Life on Board 8: Fishing Heroes and Memory Part Two: The Second World War 9: Between the Wars, 1919–1939 10: Of Men and Ships 11: Keeping the Seas – Anti-Submarine Warfare 12: New Threats from the Air and the Sea 13: Clearing the Way – Minesweeping 14: Convoy 15: In Imis Petimus 16: Heroes and Memorials Envoi THE PLANS I HM Strath-class Admiralty trawler, general arrangement, 1917 II HM Strath-class Admiralty trawler, hull lines and detail, 1917 III HM Castle-class Admiralty standard trawler, general arrangement, 1917 IV HM Mersey-class Admiralty trawler, general arrangement, 1917 V Ocean-class Admiralty steel screw steam drifter, 1917–18 VI Ocean-class Admiralty steel screw steam drifter, general arrangement, 1917 VII Ocean-class steel screw steam drifter, rigging plan and sheer drawing,1917 VIII Ocean-class steel screw steam drifter, modifications required for vessels to work as fishing drifters, 1918 IX QF 3in 12pdr on Mark V pedestal mounting; QF 3in 12pdr on Mark VI pedestal mounting X A First World War Hotchkiss 6pdr on a non recoil 1941 mounting XI HM trawler Quannet (ex-Dairycoats), ‘Tree’-class, general arrangement, converted to a boom defence vessel, May 1939 XII HM trawler Laurel (ex-Kingston Cyanite), ‘Tree’-class, purchased 1935 XIII The Admiralty’s ‘ideal’ trawler Basset, 1936 programme XIV Admiralty anti-submarine and minesweeping trawlers of the ‘Isles’ and ‘Shakespearian’-classes, sheer lines and shell expansion, 1939 XV HM trawler Lindisfarne, Admiralty war construction ‘Isles’-class XVI Detail and general layout of the ‘Round Table’-class minesweeping trawler XVII The ‘Round Table’-class minesweeping trawler Sir Galahad XVIII HMS Coldstreamer, ‘Military’-class A/S trawler, 1942 XIX Profile HM anti-submarine trawler Thuringia, as converted, 1939 XX HM anti-submarine trawler Thuringia, as converted, 1939. Galley top, boat platform and wheelhouse XXI Decks HM anti-submarine trawler Thuringia, as converted, 1939 XXII The ‘Round Table’-class trawler Sir Kay, as modified for influence (acoustic & magnetic) minesweeping XXIII HM trawlers Bryher and Farne (danlaying conversion) ‘Isles’-class, 1943 XXIV Anti-submarine trawlers St Apollo and St Zeno XXV Details of trawler design; Oropesa sweep and davits XXVI 6pdr Hotchkiss QF gun HA/LA Mark VI on a Second World War mounting, 1942 XXVII 20mm Oerlikon gun on Mark I, IIA, VIIA & VIIIA mountings, as extensively fitted to the armed trawlers. XXVIII 3pdr Hotchkiss gun on the Mark I, I* 50° conversion, Mark V, VI, VI* mountings, 1942 XXIX The Holman projector Marks II 1940, IIA & IIS 1941 & III of 1943 XXX The 14ft 6in Admiralty drifter type boat Appendices 1. Types of Mine in 1914 2. An Example of the Text of a 1914 T-124 Form 3. Admiralty Trawlers 1914–1918 4. Admiralty Drifters 1914–1918 5. Strath-, Mersey- and Castle-class Trawlers 6. Total Trawler and Drifter Losses by Cause, 1914–1918 7. Admiralty-built Trawlers in the Second World War 8. Trawlers and Drifters Sunk at Dunkirk 9. Trawlers Sent to Aid the US Navy in 1942 Sources Bibliography