HMS Sword Dance (T132) was a naval trawler built by Henry Robb Ltd in Leith. She was laid down on 2 March 1940, and launched from the yard on 3 September 1940. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 20th of January 1941. It was considered to be part of "The Little Ship Navy" and carried out minesweeping and anti-submarine duties. It is similar to Tree-class trawlers and Isles-class trawlers.
Dimensions Sword Dance had a overall length of or , a beam of or with a draught of or . She had a complement of 35 or 40 officers and ratings and her coal-fired reciprocating engine had one shaft producing . Her single propeller gave her a speed of or . She was equipped with one gun and three anti-aircraft guns. Her displacement was 530 tons or 545 tons.
Fate During the early hours of 5 July 1942, whilst acting as escort to the East coast convoy WN 5, Sword Dance was rammed in dense fog by one of merchant ships of the convoy, Thyra-II. The starboard coalbunker was holed in, the engine room rapidly flooded, and Sword Dance sank in less than an hour. The ship was in Moray Firth when she sank.
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