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Portuguese-class trawler
1941 class of British naval trawlers
The Portuguese-class trawlers of World War II were naval trawlers, built in Portugal for the Royal Navy.
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These vessels were built in several Portuguese yards, and offered by Portugal to the Royal Navy. This aid to the British war effort solicited protests by Nazi Germany, since, officially, Portugal was a neutral country.
After the war the ships were sold, most of them becoming mercantile vessels, some under the Portuguese flag. The former HMT Product went to the Royal Hellenic Navy.