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HMS Circe |
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HMS Circe Laid Down : 21st July 1941 Launched : 27th June 1942 Completed : 16th October 1942 Type : Minesweeper Class : Algerine Builder : Harland and Wolff Country : UK Pennants : J214, M214 Fate : 1966 B.U. at Dalmuir |
“ALGERINE” Class Fleet Minesweeper fitted with Turbine propulsion machinery ordered on 15th November 1940 from Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Laid down on 21st July 1941 this minesweeper was launched on 27th June 1942 as the fifth RN ship to carry this name, introduced in 1785, built at Dover and wrecked in 1803. Last borne by a Torpedo Gunboat built at Sheerness in 1892 and sold in 1920, it was also carried by a minesweeper hired in 1939, but transferred to the Royal Australian Navy and renamed MEDEA in 1942. and sold in 1928. Build was completed on 16th October 1942 and she had been “adopted” by the civil community of Chadderton, Lancashire after a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign held in January 1942. |
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21st July 1941 - Laid down at Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 27th June 1942 - Launched 27th June 1942 - Pennant J214 1st August 1942 - Lt.Cdr. James Hugh McIan Malcolm, RN In Command 16th October 1942 - Commissioned March 1944 - Lt. Alfred William Geen, RN In Command October 1944 - Lt. Alfred William Geen, RN In Command March 1945 - A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Delphin Abbott, DSC, RNR In Command 1956 - Became Drill ship (RNVR) on the Tay December 1966 - Scrapped at Dalmuir |
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Last edited : 20:18, March 8, 2011
By : jbryce1437
First Added : 18:42, November 25, 2010
By : Clive S Cottam
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