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{{Infobox Ship Class Overview
|Class name=Tree -class trawler
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The '''Tree -class trawlers''' were a typeclass of [[anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine vessel]] which served in the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. They were nearly identical to the [[{{sclass2|Isles class |trawler]]}}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>Anthony 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
**[[{{ship|HMT Acacia|''Acacia'']]|T02|2}} - Launched 1940, sold 1946
**[[{{ship|HMT Almond|''Almond'']]||2}} - Launched 1940, war loss 1941
*Built by Cochrane & Sons, Ltd., [[Selby]], UK
**[[{{ship|HMT Ash|''Ash'']]||2}} - Launched 1939, war loss 1941
**[[{{ship|HMT Bay|''Bay'']]||2}} - Launched 1939, sold 1946
*Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, [[Beverley]], UK
**[[{{ship|HMT Birch|''Birch'']]||2}} - Launched 1939, sold 1946
**[[{{ship|HMT Blackthorn|''Blackthorn'']]||2}} - launched 1939, sold 1946
*Built by [[Ferguson Shipbuilders|Ferguson Brothers]], Ltd., [[Port Glasgow]], UK
**[[{{ship|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>
**[[{{ship|HMT Mangrove|''Mangrove'']]||2}} - Launched 4 April 1942, transferred to Portugal 1943 as ''Faial'' (P2)
*Built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Company, [[Goole]], UK
**[[{{ship|HMT |Chestnut (|T110)|''Chestnut'']]2}} - Launched 1940, war loss 1940
**[[{{ship|HMT Deodar|''Deodar'']]||2}} - Launched 1940, sold 1946
*Built by [[Hall, Russell & Company]], [[Aberdeen]], UK
**[[{{ship|HMT |Olive (|T126)|''Olive'']]2}} - Launched 26 February 1940, sold 1948
**[[{{ship|HMT Pine|''Pine'']]|T101|2}} - Launched 1940, war loss 1944
*Built by [[A. & J. Inglis]], Ltd., [[Glasgow]], UK
**[[{{ship|HMT Elm|''Elm'']]||2}} - Launched 1939, sold 1946
**[[{{ship|HMT Fir|''Fir'']]||2}} - Launched 1940, sold 1946
*Built by [[Henry Robb|Henry Robb, Ltd.]], [[Leith]], UK
**[[{{ship|HMT Hazel|''Hazel'']]||2}} - Launched 1939, sold 1946
**[[{{ship|HMT |Hickory (|T116)|''Hickory'']]2}} - Launched 1940, war loss 1940
*Built by Smith's Dock Company, Ltd., South Bank-on-Tees, UK
**[[{{ship|HMT Rowan|''Rowan'']]||2}} - Launched 1939, sold 1946
**[[{{ship|HMT |Walnut (|T103)|''Walnut'']]2}} - Launched 1939, sold 1948
**[[{{ship|HMT Whitethorn|''Whitethorn'']]||2}} - Launched 1939, sold 1946
**[[{{ship|HMT Wistaria|''Wistaria'']]||2}} - Launched 1939, sold 1946
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