The Dance class of World War II were armed trawlers of the Royal Navy. They were used for anti-submarine (A/S) and minesweeping work and were nearly identical to the Isles class, of which they are usually considered a subclass.
One Dance-class trawler (Sword Dance) was a war loss, and one (Saltarelo) was transferred to Portugal in 1945. Four were transferred to Italy in 1946: Gavotte, Hornpipe, Minuet and Two Step. None remained in service with the Royal Navy by the end of 1946.
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Ships in class
- Built by the Ardrossan Dockyard Company, Ardrossan, UK
- Cotillion – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Coverley – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Built by Cochrane & Sons, Ltd. Selby, UK
- Fandango – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Foxtrot – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, UK
- Gavotte – Launched 1940, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 312
- Hornpipe – Launched 1940, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 316
- Built by Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow) Ltd., Port Glasgow, UK
- Mazurka – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Minuet – Launched 1941, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 307
- Built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Company, Goole, UK
- Morris Dance – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Pirouette – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Built by Hall, Russell & Company, Ltd., Aberdeen, UK
- Polka – Launched 1941, sold 1946
- Quadrille – Launched 1941, sold 1946
- Built by A. & J. Inglis, Ltd., Glasgow, UK (part of Harland & Wolff)
- Rumba – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Sarabande – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Built by Henry Robb, Ltd., Leith, UK
- Saltarelo – Launched 6 August 1940, transferred to Portugal 1945 as Salvador Correia
- Sword Dance – Launched 1940, war loss 5 July 1942
- Built by Smith's Dock Company, Ltd., South Bank-on-Tees, UK
- Tango – Launched 1940, sold 1946
- Two Step, ex-Tarantella – Launched 1941, transferred to Italy 1946 as DR 308
- Valse – Launched 1941, sold 1946
- Veleta – Launched 1941, sold 1946
See also
- Portuguese-class naval trawler
- Tree-class trawler
- Shakespearian-class trawler
- Trawlers of the Royal Navy
- Robert Gardiner (ed. dir.), Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946, p. 66. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1980.
- Francis E. McMurtrie and Raymond V.B. Blackman (eds.), Jane's Fighting Ships 1949–50, pp. 217, 258. New York: The McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1949