Net-class boom defence vessel

	HMS Falconet
Class overview
Name	Net class
Builders	Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd., Blyth, Northumberland (6); Smiths Dock Co., Ltd., South Bank, North Yorkshire (2); Lobnitz & Co. Ltd., Renfrew (2); Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co., Sydney (1);
Operators	Royal Navy; Royal Australian Navy;
Built	1938–1939
In commission	1939–1958
Completed	11
Lost	1
General characteristics
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	Reciprocating vertical triple expansion engine, 850 ihp (634 kW); 1 shaft;
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

HMAS Kookaburra

References

^ "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.

External links

[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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v t e British naval ship classes of the Second World War
Aircraft carriers	Courageous Eagle Ark Royal Illustrious Implacable Audacious^C Malta^X
Light aircraft carriers	Argus Hermes Unicorn Colossus Majestic^C Centaur^C
Escort carriers	Archer^AV Audacity^V Avenger^AV Attacker^A Ruler^A Activity^V Pretoria Castle^V Nairana^V
Battleships	Queen Elizabeth Revenge Nelson King George V Lion^X Vanguard^C
Battlecruisers	Renown Hood
Heavy cruisers	Hawkins County York
Light cruisers	C Danae Hawkins Emerald Leander Arethusa Town Dido Fiji Minotaur Neptune^X Minotaur (1947)^X
Destroyer leaders	Thornycroft type (Shakespeare) Admiralty type (Scott)
Destroyers	R S V & W Town^A Ambuscade Amazon A & B C & D E & F G & H I Tribal J, K & N Hunt L & M O & P Q & R S & T U & V W & Z C Battle Weapon^C G^X Daring^C,P
Frigates	River Captain^A Colony^A Loch Bay
Corvettes	Flower Castle
Sloops	24 Bridgewater Hastings Banff^A Shoreham Grimsby Kingfisher Bittern Egret Black Swan
Minelayers	Adventure Abdiel Plover Linnet M Agamemnon^V Menestheus^V Port Napier^V Port Quebec^V Southern Prince^V Teviot Bank^V
Minesweepers	Hunt Halcyon Bangor MMS Auk^A Algerine Cybele
Netlayers	Guardian Mary White Protector Bar Net
Submarines	H L Odin Parthian Rainbow S River Grampus T U P611 V Amphion X XE
Coastal	Harbour defence motor launch Fairmile B motor launch Motor torpedo boat Motor gunboat Steam gun boat Insect-class gunboat Dragonfly-class river gunboat Type Two 63 ft HSL
Other	Trawlers Castle Basset Isles Portuguese Tree Dance Shakespearian Round Table Monitors Erebus Roberts Seaplane carriers Pegasus Albatross Submarine depot ship Adamant Bonaventure Forth Maidstone Titania Merchant aircraft carriers Fighter catapult ships Armed merchant cruisers Ocean boarding vessels
A American built X Cancelled C Completed after the war C,P Laid down and completed after the war V Conversions

Ships

Royal Navy

Royal Australian Navy

See also

References

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