The Dance-class minesweepers were

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s of the

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. They were originally designed as a shallow-draft twin-screw tunnel tugs, and were taken over by the

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as coastal

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. They were completed between November 1917 and September 1918 under the Emergency War Programme, during

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Ships

Fourteen ships were built in the Dance class, and each was named after a type of dance, the ships were: * – October 1917; Used to sweep coast of

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. 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

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Photograph of Quadrille, British Navy – Dance Class vessel
{{WWI British ships, state=collapsed Mine warfare vessel classes Ship classes of the Royal Navy