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HMS Liberty |
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HMS Liberty Laid Down : 27th November 1943 Launched : 22nd August 1944 Completed : 18th January 1945 Type : Minesweeper Class : Algerine Builder : Harland and Wolff Country : UK Pennants : J391 Fate : 1945 Transferred to Belgium renamed. ADRIAN DE GERLACHE; 1970 B.U. Bruges |
“ALGERINE” Class Fleet Minesweeper fitted with Turbine propulsion machinery ordered on 30th April 1942 from Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Laid down on 27th November 1943 at the same time as sister ships HARE and JEWEL this ship was launched on 22nd August 1944. The name was introduced in 1632 when given to the 44 gun ship CHARLES in 1649. It was also used later by 13 other vessels, lastly by a destroyer built by JS White at Cowes in 1913 instead of previous name ROSALIND after launch. Build of this minesweeper was completed on 18th January 1945. She had not been “adopted” by any civil community in UK following a successful WARSHIP WEEK campaign during 1941-42 for National Savings as her build had not been started. |
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27th November 1943 - Laid down at Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 27th November 1943 - Laid down at Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 27th November 1943 - Laid down 22nd August 1944 - Pennant J391 22nd August 1944 - Pennant J391 22nd August 1944 - Launched November 1944 - Cdr. J. S. Roe, DSC, RNR November 1944 - British Pacific Fleet 14th December 1944 - A/Lt.Cdr. Ronald Gresham, RNVR In Command 14th December 1944 - A/Lt.Cdr. Ronald Gresham, RNVR In Command 18th January 1945 - Commissioned 5th February 1945 - T/Cdr. John Stanley Roe, DSC, RNVR In Command 5th February 1945 - T/Cdr. John Stanley Roe, DSC, RNVR In Command 29th November 1949 - Became Belgian Adrien de Gerlache |
Database Currently Holds : 6284 ships and 6289 crew!
First Added : 18:13, November 29, 2010
By : Clive S Cottam
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