HMS Falconet
Class overview
NameNet class
Builders
Operators
Built1938–1939
In commission1939–1958
Completed11
Lost1
General characteristics [1]
TypeBoom defence vessel
Displacement530 long tons (539 t)
Length
  • 159 ft 9 in (48.69 m) o/a
  • 135 ft (41 m) p/p
Beam30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion
Speed11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Complement32
Armament1 × 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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