Dance-class minesweeper

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

 * HMS Cotillion (T104) - October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Day, Summers (265 tons)
 * HMS Coverley - October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Ferguson Bros.(265 tons)
 * HMS Fandango - April 1919; Used to sweep coastal areas of Northern Russia. Mined and sunk 3 July 1919.
 * HMS Gavotte - December 1917;Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Given back to War Office in 1920. Builder: Goole Co.
 * HMS Hornpipe - October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Murdoch & Murray. (265 tons)
 * HMS Mazurka - October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Murdoch & Murray. (265 tons)
 * HMS Minuet - October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Day, Summers (265 tons)
 * HMS Morris Dance - April 1919; Used to sweep coastal areas of Northern Russia. Sold in May 1920.
 * HMS Pirouette - December 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Given back to War Office in 1920. Builder: Rennie Forrest
 * HMS Quadrille - October 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Sold in May 1920. Builder: Ferguson Bros. (265 tons)
 * HMS Sarabande - December 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Given back to War Office in 1920. Builder: Goole Co.
 * HMS Step Dance - April 1919; Used to sweep coastal areas of Northern Russia. Sold in May 1920.
 * HMS Sword Dance - April 1919; Used to sweep coastal areas of Northern Russia. Mined and sunk 24 June 1919.
 * HMS Tarantella - December 1917; Used to sweep coast of Flanders. Builder: Hamilton