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 [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	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

• HMS Bayonet (Z05)
• HMS Bownet (Z90)
• HMS Burgonet (Z33)
• HMS Dragonet (Z82)
• HMS Falconet (Z19)
• HMS Magnet (Z27)
• HMS Martinet (Z41)
• HMS Planet (Z50)
• HMS Plantagenet (Z63)
• HMS Signet (Z10)
• HMS Sonnet (Z47)

Royal Australian Navy

• HMAS Kookaburra

See also

• Bar class boom defence vessel

References

External links

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