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|Header caption=<ref>Robert Gardiner (ed. dir.), ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships'', p. 66. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1980.</ref>

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The '''Tree -class trawlers''' were a typeclass of [[anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine]] vessel[[naval trawler]]s which served in the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. They were nearly identical to the [[{{sclass2|Isles class |trawler]]|3|naval}}s, of which they are usually considered a subclass.

Six Tree -class trawlers were lost during the war: ''Almond, Ash, Chestnut, Hickory, Juniper'' and ''Pine''. One, (''Mangrove''), was transferred to Portugal in 1943.

By the end of 1946, only ''Olive'' and ''Walnut'' remained in service with the Royal Navy. <ref>AnthonyAntony Preston (ed.), ''Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II'', p. 78. New York: Military Press, 1989. This is largely a reprint of ''Jane's Fighting Ships 1946-47'' with materials from some earlier editions.</ref> Both were sold in 1948.

==Ships in class==

* Built by [[Ardrossan Dockyard Company]], [[Ardrossan]], UK

**[[HMT Acacia{{HMT|''Acacia'']]|T02|2}} -– Launched 1940, sold 1946

**[[HMT Almond{{HMT|''Almond'']]||2}} -– Launched 1940, war loss 1941

* Built by [[Cochrane Shipbuilders|Cochrane & Sons, Ltd]]., [[Selby]], UK

**[[HMT Ash{{HMT|''Ash'']]||2}} -– Launched 1939, war loss 1941

**[[HMT Bay{{HMT|''Bay'']]||2}} -– Launched 1939, sold 1946

* Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, [[Beverley]], UK

**[[HMT Birch{{HMT|''Birch'']]||2}} -– Launched 1939, sold 1946

**[[HMT Blackthorn{{HMT|''Blackthorn'']]||2}} -– launched 1939, sold 1946

* Built by [[Ferguson Shipbuilders|Ferguson Brothers]], Ltd., [[Port Glasgow]], UK

**[[ {{HMT |Juniper (|T123)|''Juniper'']]2}} -– Launched 15 December 1939, commissioned 9 March 1940; sunk in the [[Norwegian Sea]] by gunfire from [[German cruiser Admiral Hipper|German heavy cruiser ''Admiral Hipper'']] when intercepted by naval squadron under ''Vizeadmiral'' [[Wilhelm Marschall]], 8 June 1940. <ref>Richard Humble, ''Hitler's High Seas Fleet'', p. 57. New York: Ballantine Books, 1971.</ref>

**[[HMT Mangrove{{HMT|''Mangrove'']]||2}} -– Launched 4 April 1942, transferred to Portugal 1943 as ''Faial'' (P2)

*Built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Company, [[Goole]], UK

**[[HMT Chestnut{{HMT|''Chestnut'']]|T110|2}} -– Launched 1940, war loss 1940

**[[HMT Deodar{{HMT|''Deodar'']]||2}} -– Launched 1940, sold 1946

* Built by [[Hall, Russell & Company]], [[Aberdeen]], UK

**[[HMT {{HMT|Olive (|T126)|''Olive'']]2}} -– Launched 26 February 1940, sold 1948

**[[HMT Pine{{HMT|''Pine'']]|T101|2}} -– Launched 1940, war loss 1944

* Built by [[A. & J. Inglis]], Ltd., [[Glasgow]], UK (part of [[Harland & Wolff]])

**[[HMT Elm{{HMT|''Elm'']]||2}} -– Launched 1939, sold 1946

**[[HMT Fir{{HMT|''Fir'']]||2}} -– Launched 1940, sold 1946

* Built by [[Henry Robb|Henry Robb, Ltd.]], [[Leith]], UK

**[[HMT Hazel{{HMT|''Hazel'']]||2}} -– Launched 1939, sold 1946

**[[HMT Hickory{{HMT|''Hickory'']]|T116|2}} -– Launched 1940, war loss 1940

* Built by Smith's Dock Company, Ltd., South Bank-on-Tees, UK

**[[HMT Rowan{{HMT|''Rowan'']]||2}} -– Launched 1939, sold 1946

** [[HMTSS Walnut (T103)|''Walnut'']] -– Launched 1939, sold 1948 as Baltic refugee ship

**[[HMT Whitethorn{{HMT|''Whitethorn'']]||2}} -– Launched 1939, sold 1946

**[[HMT Wistaria{{HMT|''Wistaria'']]||2}} -– Launched 1939, sold 1946

==References==

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==See also==

*[[ {{sclass2|Isles class |trawler]]|1}}

*[[ {{sclass2|Dance class armed |trawler]]|1}}

*[[ {{sclass2|Portuguese class |naval trawler]]}}

* [[Shakespearian -class trawlerstrawler]]

* [[Trawlers of the Royal Navy]]

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