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HMS Circe - World Naval Ships Directory

HMS Circe

Name : 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.

Timeline Entries :


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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