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HMS Coquette |
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HMS Coquette Laid Down : 9th August 1943 Launched : 24th November 1943 Completed : 13th July 1944 Type : Minesweeper Class : Algerine Builder : Redfern Construction Ltd. Country : UK Pennants : J350. M350 Fate : 1958 B.U. at Rosyth |
“ALGERINE” Class Fleet Minesweeper fitted with Reciprocating propulsion machinery ordered for the Royal Canadian Navy on 25th July 1942 from Redfern at Toronto. The ship was to be named HMCS BOWMANVILLE but was transferred to the Royal Navy before completion of build. Laid down on 9th August 1943 this minesweeper was launched as HMS COQUETTE on 24th November 1943. She was the seventh RN ship to carry this name, introduced in 1783 for a captured French 6th Rate and last borne by a destroyer built in 1897 and lost in the North Sea on 7th March 1916 after being mined.. Build was completed on 13th July 1944. This warship was not “adopted” by a UK civil community after a WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign. |
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25th November 1942 - Ordered from Ontario shipyards 24th November 1943 - Launched Toronto ON 24th November 1943 - Launched 13th July 1944 - Lt. James Arthur Way, RN In Command 19th October 1944 - A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Delphin Abbott, DSC, RNR In Command 25th February 1945 - Cdr. Roger William David Thomson, DSC, RN In Command 1958 - Broken up |
Database Currently Holds : 6284 ships and 6289 crew!
Last edited : 20:24, March 11, 2011
By : jbryce1437
First Added : 18:51, November 25, 2010
By : Clive S Cottam
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