| Catherine
Class (ex - US Auk Class) Minesweepers. Photos and history of the
Catherine class minesweepers, transferred to the Royal Navy under the
lend lease programme in the Second World War from America. |
| HMS Catherine |
Acquired under lend / lease |
To Turkey, March 1947. Renamed Erdemli.
Stricken 1963. |
| HMS Cato |
Acquired under lend / lease |
Sunk 6th July 1944. |
| HMS Chamois |
Acquired under lend / lease |
Damaged by mine, constructive loss, 21st
July 1944. |
| HMS Chance |
Acquired under lend / lease |
To Turkey, March 1947. Renamed Edremit.
Stricken 1973. |
| HMS Combatant |
Acquired under lend / lease |
Returned to US, 1946. Sold to Greece 1947. |
| HMS Cynthia |
Acquired under lend / lease |
Returned to US, 1947. |
| HMS Elfreda |
Acquired under lend / lease |
To Turkey, March 1947. Renamed Cesme.
Stricken 1974. |
| HMS Fairy |
Acquired under lend / lease |
Returned to US, 1946. |
| HMS Florizel |
Acquired under lend / lease |
Returned to US, 1946. Sold to Greece. |
| HMS Foam |
Acquired under lend / lease |
Returned to US, 1946. |
| HMS Frolic |
Acquired under lend / lease |
To Turkey, March 1947. Renamed Candarli.
Became survey ship in 60s. Stricken 1986. |
| HMS Gazelle |
Acquired under lend / lease |
Returned to US, 1946. |
| HMS Gorgon |
Acquired under lend / lease |
Returned to US, 1946. Sold to Greece. |
| HMS Grecian |
Acquired under lend / lease |
To Turkey March 1947. Renamed Edincik.
Stricken 1974. |
| HMS Jasper |
Acquired under lend / lease |
Returned to US, 1946. |
| HMS Magic |
Acquired under lend / lease |
Sunk 6th July 1944. |
| HMS Pique |
Acquired under lend / lease |
To Turkey March 1947. Renamed Eregli.
Stricken 1973 |
| HMS Pylades |
Acquired under lend / lease |
Sunk 8th July 1944 |
| HMS Steadfast |
Acquired under lend / lease |
Returned to United States in 1946.
Sold to Greece. |
| HMS Strenuous |
Acquired under lend / lease |
Returned to United States 1946, but laid up
until 1956 in the UK. Broken up in Germany, 1956. |
| HMS Tattoo |
Acquired under lend / lease |
To Turkey, March 1947. Renamed Carsamba.
Stricken 1985. |
| HMS Tourmaline |
Acquired under lend / lease |
To Turkey, March 1947. Renamed Cardak.
Stricken 1974. |
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HMS Frolic |
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HMS Frolic, August 1946.
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HMS Pylades |
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HMS Pylades, January 1944.
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HMS Steadfast |
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HMS Steadfast, December 1943.
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