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Class overview | |
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Builders | Smiths Dock Company |
Operators | Royal Navy |
Built | 1916 |
In commission | 1916–1946 |
Completed | 4 |
Retired | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Naval trawler |
Displacement | 390 long tons (400 t) |
Length |
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Beam | 23.5 feet (7.2 m) |
Draught | 12 feet (3.7 m) |
Propulsion | One shaft reciprocating vertical triple expansion, producing 525 ihp |
Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
Complement | 18 |
Armament | 1 x 3-inch gun |
Notes | Lenton, H. T.; Colledge, J. J. (1962). Warships of World War II, Part Six: Trawlers. Ian Allan. p. 6. |
The Axe class was a class of naval trawlers used by the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom during the Second World War.
The ships were acquired by the Royal Navy during the First World War. They were originally being built for the Empire of Russia, but were acquired by the Royal Navy after the Russian Revolution took the Russians out of the war. [1]
There were four ships in the class:
![]() HMT Liffey
| |
Class overview | |
---|---|
Builders | Smiths Dock Company |
Operators | Royal Navy |
Built | 1916 |
In commission | 1916–1946 |
Completed | 4 |
Retired | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Naval trawler |
Displacement | 390 long tons (400 t) |
Length |
|
Beam | 23.5 feet (7.2 m) |
Draught | 12 feet (3.7 m) |
Propulsion | One shaft reciprocating vertical triple expansion, producing 525 ihp |
Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
Complement | 18 |
Armament | 1 x 3-inch gun |
Notes | Lenton, H. T.; Colledge, J. J. (1962). Warships of World War II, Part Six: Trawlers. Ian Allan. p. 6. |
The Axe class was a class of naval trawlers used by the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom during the Second World War.
The ships were acquired by the Royal Navy during the First World War. They were originally being built for the Empire of Russia, but were acquired by the Royal Navy after the Russian Revolution took the Russians out of the war. [1]
There were four ships in the class: