Net-class boom defence vessel

Class overview
Name: Net class
Builders:
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:
  • 159 ft 9 in (48.69 m) o/a
  • 135 ft (41 m) p/p
Beam: 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Draught: 9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion:
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

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

Royal Australian Navy

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Boom and harbour defence vessels" (PDF). godfreydykes.info. 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur (2012). "Net class Boom defence vessels (UK)". uboat.net. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur (2012). "Net class Boom defence vessels (AUS)". uboat.net. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur (2012). "HMS Bayonet (Z 05)". uboat.net. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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