List of requisitioned trawlers of the Royal Navy (WWII)

This is a list of civilian trawlers requisitioned by the Royal Navy for use in World War II. HMT stands for "His Majesty's Trawler".

Requisitioned trawlers, whalers and drifters;

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Ship designationRequisitionedFate Apr 1940 Balloon barrage vessel, returned 1946 May 1940 Mine recovery vessel, de-gaussing, returned 1946 Nov 1939 Minesweeper, scrapped 1947 Aug 1939 Harbour service, sold 1946 1940 Harbour service, returned Oct 1940 Nov 1939 Mine recovery vessel, returned Jan 1946 Aug 1939 Minesweeper, returned 1945 Nov 1939 Harbour service, returned 1946 1940 Balloon barrage vessel, returned 1945 Mar 1940 Submarine tender, mobile wiping unit, returned 1944 1940 Dan layer, auxiliary patrol, returned 1946 Feb 1940 Minesweeper, sold 1944 Nov 1939 Harbour service, returned 1946 Aug 1939 Minesweeper, wreck dispersal vessel, returned Jan 1946 Mar 1940 Harbour service, returned Jan 1946 1940 Exam, returned 1945 Oct 1940 Auxiliary patrol, returned Jun 1945 Nov 1939 Minesweeper, returned 1945 Sep 1939 Minesweeper, returned Apr 1947 Nov 1939 Minesweeper, returned Aug 1944 Jun 1940 Boom tender, returned Dec 1940 1941 Harbour service, returned 1945 Jun 1940 Auxiliary patrol, returned Jan 1946 Jun 1940 Auxiliary patrol, returned Dec 19458 Nov 1939 Minesweeper, returned Dec 1945 Jul 1940 Minesweeper, returned Jul 1946 Aug 1939 Minesweeper, returned Oct 1945 Aug 1939 Minesweeper, bombed in Bridlington Bay 4 Jul 1941 Aug 1939 Minesweeper, sold 1946 1940 Minesweeper, sunk in collision with St. Albans off Scapa 3 May 1941 Feb 1941 Minesweeper, Langlaagte 1942, returned Apr 1946 Dec 1939 Minesweeper, Royal Norwegian Navy 1940 Dec 1939 Minesweeper, returned 1945 Oct 1939 Auxiliary patrol, returned Feb 1940 1940 Torpedo recovery vessel, returned 1945 Jul 1940 Balloon barrage vessel, returned Jul 1944 1939 Minesweeper, Dan layer, returned 1945 1939 Minesweeper, returned Dec 1945 Jun 1940 Minesweeper, sold 1944 Dec 1939 Auxiliary patrol, returned 1946 Oct 1939 Minesweeper, returned Dec 1940 1940 Boom defence vessel, returned 1945 1944 Esso, returned 1945 1940 Balloon barrage vessel, returned 1944 1941 Hospital drifter, returned 1945 1943 Minesweeper Royal Netherlands Navy, returned 1945 Aug 1939 Minesweeper, sold Dec 1945 1939 Anti-submarine, sunk by off Portugal 19 Sep 1942 1940 Motor launch, returned 1945 Jan 1941 Harbour services, returned 1944 May 1940 Auxiliary patrol, Minesweeper, returned Mar 1945 Dec 1939 Minesweeper, returned Mar 1945 1942 Mine watcher, returned 1945 1944 Esso, returned 1945 Jul 1940 Anti-submarine, returned Mar 1946 1940 Mobile wiping unit, returned 1945 1940 Auxiliary patrol, Minesweeper, sold 1946 1940 Auxiliary patrol, Minesweeper, returned 1945 Oct 1940 Auxiliary patrol, Mined off Falmouth 8 Nov 1940 1940 Auxiliary patrol, returned Aug 1946 Oct 1940 Boom defence vessel, returned 1946 Aug 1939 Minesweeper, returned Jan 1946 Jul 1940 Minesweeper, returned Apr 1945 Aug 1940 Auxiliary patrol, KBV, returned 1945 Jul 1940 Auxiliary patrol, returned 1945 Jul 1940 Auxiliary patrol, ferry service, returned 1945 1941 Minesweeper, returned Jan 1946 Jul 1940 Minesweeper, returned Jan 1946 1939 Auxiliary service, returned Oct 1945 1941 Harbour service, returned 1946 1940 Balloon barrage vessel, torpedo recovery vessel, returned 1945 Feb 1940 Minesweeper, Esso, returned Oct 1944 Dec 1939 Auxiliary patrol, balloon barrage vessel, returned Dec 1944 Jul 1940 Examination service, returned Jun 1945 1940 Auxiliary patrol, lost 20 Jan 1942 Jul 1940 Auxiliary patrol, returned Feb 1946 Oct 1939 Auxiliary patrol Mar 1941 De-gaussing vessel, returned Jul 1945 Jul 1940 Minesweeper, returned 1945 1940 aircraft observation, lost in collision at Oban 15 Oct 1940 Aug 1939 Armed boarding vessel, anti-submarine, returned 1944 1939 Anti-submarine, returned 1945 Dec 1939 Auxiliary patrol, balloon barrage vessel, Esso, returned Sep 1944 Jan 1943 Esso, wrecked north of Sicily 3 Oct 1943 Aug 1939 Minesweeper, Mined off Deal 22 Nov 1939 Dec 1939 Minesweeper, returned Jun 1945 Sep 1939 Minesweeper Apr 1940 Balloon barrage vessel, returned Dec 1944 Aug 1939 Anti-submarine United States Navy, sold 1945 Aug 1939 Minesweeper, returned May 1945 HMT Arctic Pioneer Sep 1939 Anti-submarine, unknown cause off Portsmouth 27 May 1942 Aug 1939 Anti-Submarine, sold 1946 Jun 1940 Auxiliary patrol, bombed off Ramsgate 3 Feb 1941 Jul 1940 Minesweeper, returned Feb 1946 Sep 1939 Anti-submarine, torpedoed by E-boat off Dunkirk 1 Jun 1940 Dec 1939 Minesweeper, returned Dec 1944 Aug 1939 Minesweeper, sold Dec 1945 Aug 1939 Examination services, returned Sep 1946 Aug 1939 Minesweeper, Mined North Sea 3 Feb 1945 1939 Minesweeper, boom gate vessel, returned 1946 Jun 1940 Auxiliary patrol, Minesweeper, Dan layer, returned Nov 1945 Jun 1940 Minesweeper, returned Jul 1945 Jun 1940 Boom defence vessel, returned Aug 1940 1939 Minesweeper, returned Aug 1946 Jun 1940 Boom defence vessel, returned Jul 1945 Aug 1939 Anti-submarine, lost in collision with Burza off the Clyde 16 Nov 1940 Nov 1939 Minesweeper, returned Mar 1945 Aug 1939 Minesweeper, sold Jan 1946 Jan 1940 Minesweeper, returned Oct 1944 Aug 1939 Minesweeper, bombed at Plymouth 21 Mar 1941 Nov 1939 Minesweeper, returned Nov 1945 Sep 1940 Anti-submarine, returned Apr 1946 Sep 1939 Anti-submarine, bombed off Norway 3 May 1940 Dec 1939 Boom defence vessel, returned 1946 Nov 1939 Auxiliary patrol, returned Jan 1940 Nov 1939 Minesweeper, Esso, returned Sep 1946 Jun 1940 Boom defence vessel, returned Oct 1940 Dec 1940 Minesweeper, returned Dec 1945 Jun 1940 Minesweeper, bombed at Tobruk 25 May 1941 Nov 1939 Minesweeper, returned Aug 1946 Nov 1939 Auxiliary patrol, returned Jan 1946 Nov 1939 Minesweeper, Balloon barrage vessel, returned 1945 1940 Auxiliary patrol, Adonis Jun 1941, lost 15 Apr 1943 Oct 1939 Minesweeper, torpedoed by E-boat off Beachy Head 1 Dec 1943 Aug 1939 Minesweeper, returned Apr 1946 May 1940 Auxiliary patrol, returned Dec 1941 Aug 1939 Minesweeper Mar 1944 Esso, returned Oct 1944 Aug 1939 Exam hospital trawler, returned Aug 1946 Sep 1939 Minesweeper, returned Jul 1945 Sep 1939 Boom defence vessel, returned May 1946 Sep 1939 Anti-submarine, returned 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