The Pepper Class were to be multi-role combat craft. They were to be able to undertake offensive minelaying, high speed minesweeping, fast attack craft, escorts, but not all at the same time. Removable rails for the mines, easily changed out racks for depth charges, removable minesweeping gear, only the bow mounted torpedo tubes were a permanent fixture. These tubes were mounted either side of the bow with a reload for each tube.
The Greenlandian Naval High Command liked this class, and used it mainly in the offensive Minelaying role. Along the European North Sea coast, the Norwegian leads, and around the Mediterranean, these were the hunting grounds for the Pepper class. Without its mines or other gear aft, the ships were used as the big ships behind the MTB's and other light craft. An E-boat suddenly finding itself under fire from a Pepper would turn and run.
The other major role was as a fast transport with goods for Malta. The Peppers could carry enough fuel to go from Gibraltar to Malta and back, saving the fuel at Malta for more pressing needs.
