Dance-class minesweeper

Class overview
Name: Dance class
In service: 1917-1920
Completed: 14
Lost: 2
Retired: 12
General characteristics
Type: minesweeper
Displacement: 265 long tons (269 t) - 290 long tons (295 t)
Length: 130 ft (40 m)
Beam: 26 ft (7.9 m) - 27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion:
  • Machinery: Vertical compound
  • Boilers: Cylindrical
  • I.H.P. 450
Speed: 9.25 knots (10.64 mph; 17.13 km/h) - 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Range: 37-41.5 tons oil
Complement: 22-26 men
Armament:
  • 1 × 3-pounder except:
  • 1 × 12-pounder + 1 × 6-pounder (Gavotte)
  • 1 × 6-pounder AA (Step Dance)

The Dance class minesweepers were originally designed as a shallow-draft twin-screw tunnel tugs, and were taken over by the Admiralty as coastal minesweeping sloops. They were completed between November 1917 and September 1918 under the Emergency War Programme.

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