| Ex Canadian
/ US Algerine Class Minesweepers. Photographs and history of
the Algerine class minesweepers, used by Britain in the second world
war, from the US and Canada. |
| HMS Antares (ex - USN) |
15th August 1942 |
Returned 1947. |
| HMS Arcturus (ex - USN) |
31st August 1942 |
Returned 1946. |
| HMS Aries (ex - USN) |
19th September 1942 |
Returned 1946. |
| HMS Clinton (ex - USN) |
5th October 1942 |
Returned 1947. |
| HMS Coquette (ex - RCN
Bowmanville) |
24th November 1943 |
Broken up 1958. |
| HMS Courier (ex - RCN Arnprior) |
22nd December 1943 |
Broken up 1959. |
| HMS Felicity (ex - RCN Coppercliff) |
19th January 1944 |
Sold 1947. Renamed Fairfree. |
| HMS Flying Fish (ex - RCN Tillsonburg) |
16th February 1944 |
Transferred to Ceylon, 7th October 1949.
Renamed Vijaya. Broken up 1975. |
| HMS Friendship (ex - USN) |
24th October 1942 |
Returned 1947. |
| HMS Golden Fleece (ex - RCN Humberstone) |
29th February 1944 |
Broken up 1960. |
| HMS Gozo (ex - USN) |
27th January 1943 |
Returned 1946. |
| HMS Lightfoot (ex -
USN) |
14th December 1942 |
Returned 1946. Subsequently sold to Greece. |
| HMS Lioness (ex - RCN Petrolia) |
15th March 1944 |
Broken up 1956. |
| HMS Lysander (ex RCN Hespeler) |
1st January 1943 |
Transferred June 1943. Renamed
Cornflower 1950 - 1951. Broken up 1957. |
| HMS Mariner (ex RCN
Kincardine) |
9th May 1944 |
Transferred to Burma 18th April 1958,
renamed Yan Myo Aung. Stricken 1982. |
| HMS Marmion (ex RCN Orangeville) |
15th June 1944 |
Broken up 1959. |
| HMS Mary Rose (ex - RCN Toronto) |
5th August 1943 |
Broken up 1957. |
| HMS Melita (ex - USN) |
8th December 1942 |
Became drill ship Satellite 1947 -
1951. Broken up 1959. |
| HMS Moon (ex - RCN Mimico) |
2nd September 1943 |
Broken up 1957. |
| HMS Octavia (ex - USN) |
3rd December 1942 |
Broken up 1950 |
| HMS Persian (ex - USN) |
12th February 1943 |
Returned 1946. |
| HMS Postillion (ex - USN) |
18th March 1943 |
Returned 1946. |
| HMS Prompt (ex - RCN Huntsville) |
30th March 1944 |
Mined 8th May 1945. Broken up 1947. |
| HMS Providence (ex - RCN Forrest Hill) |
27th October 1943 |
Broken up 1958. |
| HMS Regulus (ex - RCN Longbranch) |
18th September 1943. |
Sunk by mine, 12th January 1945. |
| HMS Seabear (ex - RCN St Thomas) |
6th November 1943 |
Broken up 1958. |
| HMS Serene (ex - RCN Leaside) |
18th October 1943 |
Broken up 1959. |
| HMS Skipjack (ex - RCN Solebay) |
7th April 1943 |
Broken up 1959. |
| HMS Thisbe (ex - USN) |
12th April 1943 |
Broken up 1957. |
| HMS Truelove (ex -
USN) |
8th July 1943 |
Broken up 1957. |
| HMS Welfare (ex -
USN) |
15th July 1943 |
Broken up 1957. |
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HMS Aries |
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HMS Aries, 1943.
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HMS Coquette |
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HMS Coquette, 1946.
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HMS Coquette, laid up, August 1950.
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HMS Lightfoot |
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HMS Lightfoot, under Greek flag, 1948.
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HMS Mariner |
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HMS Mariner (ex RCN Kincardine).
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HMS Thisbe |
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HMS Thisbe, laid up, August 1950.
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HMS Truelove |
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HMS Truelove, April 1947.
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HMS Welfare |
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ORIGINAL POSTCARD FOR
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J356 HMS Welfare, August 1948
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HMS Welfare, February 1949.
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