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Algerine Builder : Country : UK Ship Type : Minesweeper Pennants : J462, M462, M356, J356, M46, J446, J213, J301, J106, M106, J140, J101, M101, J282, J283, J284, J273, M273, J305, M305, J230, M230, J387, M387, J388, M88, J214, M214, J230, M230, J229, M29, J350. M350, J349, M49, J216, M216, J308, J224, J369, J453, M53, J306, J370, J398, J376, M376, J287, J389, B256 BPF, M389, J307, M307, J275, J428, M428, J390, M390, J433, M433, J274, J276, M276, J391, J288, J377, M377, J217, J379, M379, G65, J437, J438, M438, J380, M380, J381, M381, J443, M443, J390, M390, J289, M289, J444, M444, J445, J329, M329, J227, M227, J454, M454, J455, M455, J442, J290, J221, M221, J291, J347, J277, M277, J463, M463, J293, M293, J294, M294, J295, M295, J447, M447, J296, J378, J325, M325, J448, M448, J297, M297, J223, J298, M298, J327, J299, M299, J225, M225, J449, M449, J439, J219, J383, M384, J333, M333, J354, M354, J300, M17, J226, J367, M367, J382, M382, J383, M383, J302, M302, J303, M303, J215, J304, M304, J385, M385, J386, M386, J435, M435, J436 |
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Algerine Class Minesweepers. c. 1942 - 1945 |
Ships in the Algerine class (ordered by name)... : | ||
Name | Launched | Fate |
Acute | 14th April 1942 | 1963 Towed to Malta for use as target. 1964 B.U. at La Spezia, Italy. |
Alarm | 5th February 1942 | 1943 January damaged by aircraft at Bone, N. Africa; 1944 January Constructive Total Loss; B.U. |
Albacore | 2nd April 1942 | 1963 September B.U. Port Glasgow. |
Algerine | 22nd December 1941 | Sunk 15th November 1942. |
Antares | 15th August 1942 | 1946 Returned to US Navy; |
Arcturus | 31st August 1942 | 1946 Ret. control of USN (ECSWM) 1947 sold to Greek Navy: renamed PIRPOLITIS 1984 used as target at Crete |
Aries | 19th September 1942 | 1946 Ret. control of USN (ECSWM) 1947 Sold to Greek Navy: renamed ARMATOLOS; 1977 Sunk as target |
Bramble | 26th January 1945 | 1961 Broken up Gateshead |
Brave | 4th February 1943 | 1958 B.U. Dunston |
Cadmus | 27th May 1942 | 1950 Trans. to Belgium renamed LECOINTE: 1960 B.U. at Burcht, Belgium. |
Chameleon | 6th May 1944 | Scrapped 3rd April 1966 at Silloth. |
Cheerful | 22nd May 1944 | 1963 B.U. at Queensborough |
Circe | 27th June 1942 | 1966 B.U. at Dalmuir |
Clinton | 5th October 1942 | 1946/47 Returned to USN; 1947 Broken up in USA |
Cockatrice | 27th October 1942 | Scrapped 29th August 1963 at Inverkeithing. |
Coquette | 24th November 1943 | 1958 B.U. at Rosyth |
Courier | 22nd December 1943 | Ordered as HMCS Amprior but transferred to Royal Navy and renamed whilst building. Broken uo 1959 Llanelli. |
Espiegle | 12th August 1942 | 1967 Broken up Dalmuir. |
Fancy | 5th April 1943 | 1951 Trans. to Belgium ren. A.F.DALFOUR Vernon; 1959 renamed NZADI - hulk in Congo |
Fantome | 22nd September 1942 | 1943 (20 May) mined off N. Africa; Declared Constructive Total Loss - B.U. Milford Haven 1947 |
Felicity | 19th January 1944 | 1947 Mercantile renamed. FAIRFREE; 1957 B.U. Charlestown |
Fierce | 11th September 1945 | 1959 B.U. Gateshead |
Fly | 1st June 1942 | 30th July 1949 Sold to Persia (Iran) renamed PALANG; 1972 Sunk and scrapped |
Flying Fish | 16th February 1944 | 1949 transferred Ceylon renamed VIJAYA; 1975 B.U. |
Friendship | 24th October 1942 | 1946/47 Returned to USN B.U. Maryland USA |
Golden Fleece | 29th February 1944 | 1960 B.U. Llanelli |
Gozo | 27th January 1943 | 1946 Returned to USN; 1947 sold to Greece renamed POLEMISTIS; 1975 Sunk as target |
Hare | 20th June 1944 | 1959 Transferred Nigeria renamed. NIGERIA; 1962 returned to Royal Navy; B.U. Faslane |
Hound | 29th July 1942 | Scrapped 1st September 1962 at Troon. |
Hydra | 29th September 1942 | 1944 10 November damaged by mine off Ostend; 1947 C.T.L. - Broken up at Grays |
Jaseur | 19th April 1944 | Broken up at Blyth 1966. |
Jewel | 20th July 1944 | 1967 B.U. at Inverkeithing |
Laertes | 25th March 1944 | 1959 B.U. at Barrow |
Larne | 2nd September 1943 | 1946 Transferred to Italy renamed. AMMIRAGLIO MAGNAGHI; 1951 renamed. ALABARDA; 1980 B.U. at La Spezia |
Lennox | 15th October 1943 | 1961 B.U. at Gateshead. |
Liberty | 22nd August 1944 | 1945 Transferred to Belgium renamed. ADRIAN DE GERLACHE; 1970 B.U. Bruges |
Lightfoot | 14th November 1942 | 1946 Returned control USN; 1947 Sold to Greece renamed to. NAVMAHOS; 1974 Sunk as target |
Lioness | 15th March 1944 | 1956 B.U. at Rosyth |
Loyalty | 9th December 1942 | 22 August 1944 - Torpedoed/sunk by U480 in Channel |
Lysander | 11th November 1943 | 1957 B.U. at Blyth |
Maenad | 8th June 1944 | Scrapped 18th December 1957. |
Magicienne | 24th June 1944 | Scrapped 20 March 1956 |
Mameluke | 18th July 1944 | 1950 B.U. at Middlesborough |
Mandate | 9th August 1944 | 1957 B.U. at Charlestown |
Mariner | 9th May 1944 | 1958 Transferred to Burma renamed. YAN MYO AUNG; 1982 deleted from service |
Marmion | 15th June 1944 | 1959 B.U. at Dunston |
Marvel | 30th August 1944 | 1958 B.U. at Charlestown |
Mary Rose | 5th August 1943 | 1957 B.U. at Gateshead |
Melita | 8th December 1942 | 1959 B.U. at Llanelli |
Michael | 20th September 1944 | 1956 B.U. at Bo'ness |
Minstrel | 5th October 1944 | 1947 Sold to Thailand renamed PHOSAMTON 6MSF (FE); 1990 sea-going training ship, still in service 2011. |
Moon | 2nd September 1943 | 1957 B.U. at Gateshead |
Mutine | 10th October 1942 | 1967 B.U. at Barrow |
Myrmidon | 21st October 1944 | 1958 B.U. at Briton Ferry |
Mystic | 11th November 1944 | 1958 B.U. at Llanelli |
Nerissa | 7th May 1940 | Loaned to Poland (Piorun) October 1940. Returned to Royal Navy August 1946. |
Niger | 1st May 1945 | Broken up at Silloth 1966. |
Octavia | 31st December 1942 | 1950 broken up at Gateshead |
Onyx | 27th October 1942 | 1967 B.U. at Inverkeithing |
Orcadia | 8th August 1944 | Scrapped 3rd December 1958 at Briton Ferry. |
Orestes | 25th November 1942 | Used as a target ship for Seacat missiles fired from the Seacat trials ship, HMS Decoy, in Lyme Bay, resulting in Orestes sinking. |
Ossory | 3rd October 1944 | 1959 B.U. at Troon |
Pelorus | 18th June 1943 | Scuttled to become an artificial reef off Simonstown on 12 November 1994. |
Persian | 22nd February 1943 | 1946 Returned control US Navy. 1948 Sold mercantile renamed Kikiades/Polikos; 196? scrapped |
Pickle | 3rd August 1943 | 1958 Transferred to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) renamed PARAKRAMA; 1964 B.U. at Singapore |
Pincher | 19th August 1943 | 1962 B.U. at Dunston |
Plucky | 29th September 1943 | 1962 B.U. at Dunston |
Pluto | 21st October 1944 | Scrapped 13th September 1972 at Dalmuir. |
Polaris | 3rd December 1944 | 1956 B.U. at Briton Ferry |
Postillion | 18th March 1943 | 1946 Returned to US Navy control. 1947 Sold to Greece renamed MAHITIS. 1984 Sunk as target at Crete |
Prompt | 30th March 1944 | 9th May 1945 Damaged by mine, Ostend. 1947 Declared Constructive Total Loss - Broken Up at Rainham |
Providence | 27th October 1943 | 1958 B.U. at Sunderland |
Pyrrhus | 19th May 1945 | 1956 B.U. at Newport |
Rattlesnake | 23rd February 1943 | 1959 B.U. at Grangemouth |
Ready | 11th January 1943 | 1951 Transferred to Belgium renamed. J.E. VAN HAVERBEKE; 1961 B.U. at Bruges |
Recruit | 26th October 1943 | 1965 B.U. at Barrow |
Regulus | 18th September 1943 | 12 January 1945 - mined and sunk - Corfu |
Rifleman | 25th November 1943 | 1972 B.U. at Barrow |
Rinaldo | 20th March 1943 | 1961 B.U. at Gateshead |
Romola | 19th May 1944 | 1957 B.U. at Plymouth |
Rosamund | 20th December 1944 | Transferred to South Africa renamed. BLOEMFONTEIN; 1967 Sunk as target |
Rosario | 3rd April 1943 | 1953 Transferred to Belgium renamed. DE MOOR; 1970 B.U. at Bruges |
Rowena | 5th June 1944 | 1958 B.U. at Gateshead |
Seabear | 6th November 1943 | 1958 B.U. at Preston |
Serene | 18th October 1943 | 1959 B.U. at Llanelli |
Skipjack | 7th April 1943 | 1959 B.U. at Blyth |
Spanker | 20th April 1943 | 1953 Transferred to Belgium renamed. DE BROUWER; 1968 B.U. at Ghent |
Squirrel | 20th April 1944 | Scuttled off Siam after being mined on 24th July 1945. |
Stormcloud | 28th December 1943 | 1959 B.U. at Gateshead |
Sylvia | 28th February 1944 | 1958 B.U. at Tyneside |
Tanganyika | 12th April 1944 | 1963 B.U. at Inverkeithing |
Thisbe | 12th April 1943 | 1957 B.U. at Charlestown |
Truelove | 8th July 1943 | 1957 B.U. at Blyth |
Vestal | 19th June 1943 | 26 July 1945 - July Sunk by Japanese Kamikaze plane off Phuket, Siam |
Waterwitch | 22nd April 1943 | 1970 B.U. at Antwerp |
Wave | 18th August 1944 | 1962 B.U. at Gateshead |
Welcome | 14th November 1944 | 1962 B.U. at Gateshead |
Welfare | 15th July 1943 | Scrapped November 1957, at Grays. |
Ships in the Algerine class (ordered by launch date)... : | ||
Name | Launched | Fate |
Nerissa | 7th May 1940 | Loaned to Poland (Piorun) October 1940. Returned to Royal Navy August 1946. |
Algerine | 22nd December 1941 | Sunk 15th November 1942. |
Mutine | 10th October 1942 | 1967 B.U. at Barrow |
Friendship | 24th October 1942 | 1946/47 Returned to USN B.U. Maryland USA |
Cockatrice | 27th October 1942 | Scrapped 29th August 1963 at Inverkeithing. |
Onyx | 27th October 1942 | 1967 B.U. at Inverkeithing |
Clinton | 5th October 1942 | 1946/47 Returned to USN; 1947 Broken up in USA |
Lightfoot | 14th November 1942 | 1946 Returned control USN; 1947 Sold to Greece renamed to. NAVMAHOS; 1974 Sunk as target |
Orestes | 25th November 1942 | Used as a target ship for Seacat missiles fired from the Seacat trials ship, HMS Decoy, in Lyme Bay, resulting in Orestes sinking. |
Octavia | 31st December 1942 | 1950 broken up at Gateshead |
Melita | 8th December 1942 | 1959 B.U. at Llanelli |
Loyalty | 9th December 1942 | 22 August 1944 - Torpedoed/sunk by U480 in Channel |
Alarm | 5th February 1942 | 1943 January damaged by aircraft at Bone, N. Africa; 1944 January Constructive Total Loss; B.U. |
Acute | 14th April 1942 | 1963 Towed to Malta for use as target. 1964 B.U. at La Spezia, Italy. |
Albacore | 2nd April 1942 | 1963 September B.U. Port Glasgow. |
Cadmus | 27th May 1942 | 1950 Trans. to Belgium renamed LECOINTE: 1960 B.U. at Burcht, Belgium. |
Fly | 1st June 1942 | 30th July 1949 Sold to Persia (Iran) renamed PALANG; 1972 Sunk and scrapped |
Circe | 27th June 1942 | 1966 B.U. at Dalmuir |
Hound | 29th July 1942 | Scrapped 1st September 1962 at Troon. |
Espiegle | 12th August 1942 | 1967 Broken up Dalmuir. |
Antares | 15th August 1942 | 1946 Returned to US Navy; |
Arcturus | 31st August 1942 | 1946 Ret. control of USN (ECSWM) 1947 sold to Greek Navy: renamed PIRPOLITIS 1984 used as target at Crete |
Aries | 19th September 1942 | 1946 Ret. control of USN (ECSWM) 1947 Sold to Greek Navy: renamed ARMATOLOS; 1977 Sunk as target |
Fantome | 22nd September 1942 | 1943 (20 May) mined off N. Africa; Declared Constructive Total Loss - B.U. Milford Haven 1947 |
Hydra | 29th September 1942 | 1944 10 November damaged by mine off Ostend; 1947 C.T.L. - Broken up at Grays |
Ready | 11th January 1943 | 1951 Transferred to Belgium renamed. J.E. VAN HAVERBEKE; 1961 B.U. at Bruges |
Gozo | 27th January 1943 | 1946 Returned to USN; 1947 sold to Greece renamed POLEMISTIS; 1975 Sunk as target |
Lennox | 15th October 1943 | 1961 B.U. at Gateshead. |
Serene | 18th October 1943 | 1959 B.U. at Llanelli |
Recruit | 26th October 1943 | 1965 B.U. at Barrow |
Providence | 27th October 1943 | 1958 B.U. at Sunderland |
Lysander | 11th November 1943 | 1957 B.U. at Blyth |
Coquette | 24th November 1943 | 1958 B.U. at Rosyth |
Rifleman | 25th November 1943 | 1972 B.U. at Barrow |
Seabear | 6th November 1943 | 1958 B.U. at Preston |
Courier | 22nd December 1943 | Ordered as HMCS Amprior but transferred to Royal Navy and renamed whilst building. Broken uo 1959 Llanelli. |
Stormcloud | 28th December 1943 | 1959 B.U. at Gateshead |
Persian | 22nd February 1943 | 1946 Returned control US Navy. 1948 Sold mercantile renamed Kikiades/Polikos; 196? scrapped |
Rattlesnake | 23rd February 1943 | 1959 B.U. at Grangemouth |
Brave | 4th February 1943 | 1958 B.U. Dunston |
Postillion | 18th March 1943 | 1946 Returned to US Navy control. 1947 Sold to Greece renamed MAHITIS. 1984 Sunk as target at Crete |
Rinaldo | 20th March 1943 | 1961 B.U. at Gateshead |
Thisbe | 12th April 1943 | 1957 B.U. at Charlestown |
Spanker | 20th April 1943 | 1953 Transferred to Belgium renamed. DE BROUWER; 1968 B.U. at Ghent |
Waterwitch | 22nd April 1943 | 1970 B.U. at Antwerp |
Rosario | 3rd April 1943 | 1953 Transferred to Belgium renamed. DE MOOR; 1970 B.U. at Bruges |
Fancy | 5th April 1943 | 1951 Trans. to Belgium ren. A.F.DALFOUR Vernon; 1959 renamed NZADI - hulk in Congo |
Skipjack | 7th April 1943 | 1959 B.U. at Blyth |
Pelorus | 18th June 1943 | Scuttled to become an artificial reef off Simonstown on 12 November 1994. |
Vestal | 19th June 1943 | 26 July 1945 - July Sunk by Japanese Kamikaze plane off Phuket, Siam |
Welfare | 15th July 1943 | Scrapped November 1957, at Grays. |
Truelove | 8th July 1943 | 1957 B.U. at Blyth |
Pincher | 19th August 1943 | 1962 B.U. at Dunston |
Pickle | 3rd August 1943 | 1958 Transferred to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) renamed PARAKRAMA; 1964 B.U. at Singapore |
Mary Rose | 5th August 1943 | 1957 B.U. at Gateshead |
Regulus | 18th September 1943 | 12 January 1945 - mined and sunk - Corfu |
Larne | 2nd September 1943 | 1946 Transferred to Italy renamed. AMMIRAGLIO MAGNAGHI; 1951 renamed. ALABARDA; 1980 B.U. at La Spezia |
Moon | 2nd September 1943 | 1957 B.U. at Gateshead |
Plucky | 29th September 1943 | 1962 B.U. at Dunston |
Felicity | 19th January 1944 | 1947 Mercantile renamed. FAIRFREE; 1957 B.U. Charlestown |
Pluto | 21st October 1944 | Scrapped 13th September 1972 at Dalmuir. |
Myrmidon | 21st October 1944 | 1958 B.U. at Briton Ferry |
Ossory | 3rd October 1944 | 1959 B.U. at Troon |
Minstrel | 5th October 1944 | 1947 Sold to Thailand renamed PHOSAMTON 6MSF (FE); 1990 sea-going training ship, still in service 2011. |
Mystic | 11th November 1944 | 1958 B.U. at Llanelli |
Welcome | 14th November 1944 | 1962 B.U. at Gateshead |
Rosamund | 20th December 1944 | Transferred to South Africa renamed. BLOEMFONTEIN; 1967 Sunk as target |
Polaris | 3rd December 1944 | 1956 B.U. at Briton Ferry |
Flying Fish | 16th February 1944 | 1949 transferred Ceylon renamed VIJAYA; 1975 B.U. |
Sylvia | 28th February 1944 | 1958 B.U. at Tyneside |
Golden Fleece | 29th February 1944 | 1960 B.U. Llanelli |
Lioness | 15th March 1944 | 1956 B.U. at Rosyth |
Laertes | 25th March 1944 | 1959 B.U. at Barrow |
Prompt | 30th March 1944 | 9th May 1945 Damaged by mine, Ostend. 1947 Declared Constructive Total Loss - Broken Up at Rainham |
Tanganyika | 12th April 1944 | 1963 B.U. at Inverkeithing |
Jaseur | 19th April 1944 | Broken up at Blyth 1966. |
Squirrel | 20th April 1944 | Scuttled off Siam after being mined on 24th July 1945. |
Romola | 19th May 1944 | 1957 B.U. at Plymouth |
Cheerful | 22nd May 1944 | 1963 B.U. at Queensborough |
Chameleon | 6th May 1944 | Scrapped 3rd April 1966 at Silloth. |
Mariner | 9th May 1944 | 1958 Transferred to Burma renamed. YAN MYO AUNG; 1982 deleted from service |
Marmion | 15th June 1944 | 1959 B.U. at Dunston |
Hare | 20th June 1944 | 1959 Transferred Nigeria renamed. NIGERIA; 1962 returned to Royal Navy; B.U. Faslane |
Magicienne | 24th June 1944 | Scrapped 20 March 1956 |
Rowena | 5th June 1944 | 1958 B.U. at Gateshead |
Maenad | 8th June 1944 | Scrapped 18th December 1957. |
Mameluke | 18th July 1944 | 1950 B.U. at Middlesborough |
Jewel | 20th July 1944 | 1967 B.U. at Inverkeithing |
Wave | 18th August 1944 | 1962 B.U. at Gateshead |
Liberty | 22nd August 1944 | 1945 Transferred to Belgium renamed. ADRIAN DE GERLACHE; 1970 B.U. Bruges |
Marvel | 30th August 1944 | 1958 B.U. at Charlestown |
Orcadia | 8th August 1944 | Scrapped 3rd December 1958 at Briton Ferry. |
Mandate | 9th August 1944 | 1957 B.U. at Charlestown |
Michael | 20th September 1944 | 1956 B.U. at Bo'ness |
Bramble | 26th January 1945 | 1961 Broken up Gateshead |
Niger | 1st May 1945 | Broken up at Silloth 1966. |
Pyrrhus | 19th May 1945 | 1956 B.U. at Newport |
Fierce | 11th September 1945 | 1959 B.U. Gateshead |
Ships in this class went on to become : | ||
Nerissa | Piorun (Poland) (October 1940) Noble (UK) (September 1946) |
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