Royal Navy armed trawlers in Dover harbour during World War 1. My colourization of the original image by a Royal Navy official photographer in the Imperial War Museums archive. "During the First World War, the Royal Navy operated 627 "Admiralty Trawlers" which had been purpose-built, purchased from foreign countries, or acquired as prizes. A further 1,456 trawlers were hired and operated, together with many other kinds of small vessel, by the Auxiliary Patrol. Trawlers were mainly employed in minesweeping, anti-submarine patrols and as boom defence vessels.266 of the hired trawlers were lost while on active service". (Wikipedia) "In August 1914 the Royal Navy began to requisition more trawlers and adapt them for minesweeping duties, fitting them out with heavy guns, machine guns and depth charges. By the end of 1916 the Navy had requisitioned so many trawlers, and the war had such an impact on shipping, that the supply of fish to the UK was severely limited. New trawlers were also built. Between 1914 and 1918, 371 trawlers were built in the Humber shipyards and almost all of them were taken up by the Navy and used as minesweepers, submarine spotters and coastal patrol boats." (mylearning.com)
While escorts chased individual submarines, the rest of the "pack" would be able to attack the merchant ships with impunity. Dönitz calculated 300 of the latest Atlantic Boats (the Type VII), would create enough havoc among Allied shipping that Britain would be knocked out of the war.
A naval trawler is a vessel built along the lines of a fishing trawler but fitted out for naval purposes. Naval trawlers were widely used during the First andSecond world wars. Fishing trawlers were particularly suited for many naval requirements because they were robust boats designed to work heavy trawls in all types of weather and had large clear working decks. One could create amine sweeper simply by replacing the trawl with a mine sweep. Adding depth charge racks on the deck, ASDIC below, a
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Explore December, 17 - 2013 A fishing trawler (also called a dragger) is a commercial fishing vessel designed to operate fishing trawls. Trawling is a method of fishing that involves actively dragging or pulling a trawl through the water behind one or more trawlers. Trawls are fishing nets that are pulled along the bottom of the sea or in midwater at a specified depth. A trawler may also operate two or more trawl nets simultaneously (double-rig and multi-rig). Source: Wikipedia Click here to show my stream not justified My flickr photostream looks much better on Fluidr or with Portfolio Thanks for your visit and comments, I appreciate that very much! Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © all rights reserved. Regards, Bram (BraCom) My Homepage | Twitter | Facebook | 500px | Panoramio
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Original Watercolour 10" x 7" Wander along the harbour walls at Brixham any time of day and it's a hive of activity. Here the fishing boats are moored up and resting before the next fishing trip. Brixham is one of the largest working fishing ports in the UK and the...
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