The Dance class minesweepers were originally designed as a shallow-draft twin-screw tunnel tugs, and were taken over by the Admiralty as coastal minesweeping sloops. They were completed between November 1917 and September 1918 under the Emergency War Programme.

Ships

- October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders

Flanders

Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...

. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Day, Summers (265 tons) - October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Ferguson Bros.(265 tons) - April 1919; Used to sweep coastal areas of Northern Russia. Mined and sunk 3 July 1919. - December 1917;Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Given back to War Office in 1920. Builder: Goole Co. - October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Murdoch & Murray. (265 tons) - October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Murdoch & Murray. (265 tons) - October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Day, Summers (265 tons) - April 1919; Used to sweep coastal areas of Northern Russia. Sold in May 1920. - December 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Given back to War Office in 1920. Builder: Rennie Forrest - October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Ferguson Bros. (265 tons) - December 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Given back to War Office in 1920. Builder: Goole Co. - April 1919; Used to sweep coastal areas of Northern Russia. Sold in May 1920. - April 1919; Used to sweep coastal areas of Northern Russia. Mined and sunk 24 June 1919. - December 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Builder: Hamilton

External links

• Photograph of Quadrille, British Navy - Dance Class vessel