77:
312:
invasion of northern France; although the two vessels proved successful in operational service, when damaged they were difficult to control, being "as difficult to handle as a battleship".
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247:
that would detonate the mines; the open lattice construction of the ships would, according to the design, allow the blast to pass through the vessel without causing damage to it.
631:
250:
The ships were constructed under conditions of the utmost secrecy; they were originally referred to as 'Sterling craft', then later designated as being part of the
662:
1952:
1947:
890:
582:
543:
521:
502:
483:
464:
1942:
706:
1077:
713:
685:
445:
1673:
1612:
869:
720:
655:
775:
768:
1086:
782:
1711:
1561:
1554:
1482:
1232:
1167:
1056:
1042:
1016:
823:
1681:
1639:
1172:
1009:
849:
816:
727:
476:
Ships of the Royal Navy: A Complete Record of all
Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present
1772:
648:
1513:
924:
830:
274:
251:
57:
1861:
1777:
1646:
1634:
1629:
1586:
1581:
1487:
1023:
842:
1757:
1598:
1494:
1227:
1212:
1142:
1113:
1108:
876:
457:
Ships of the Royal Navy: A Historical Index, Volume one: Major Ships (excluding trawlers, drifters, tugs, etc.)
1686:
1651:
1622:
1605:
1318:
1207:
1202:
1197:
1192:
1187:
1182:
1157:
1152:
1147:
1118:
883:
1832:
1415:
1401:
1374:
1353:
1222:
1217:
739:
258:
1882:
1868:
1813:
1794:
1617:
1506:
1501:
1295:
1290:
1257:
1049:
1002:
995:
951:
897:
618:
206:
1846:
1806:
1787:
1745:
1740:
1706:
1591:
1547:
1339:
1325:
1262:
1177:
1123:
958:
640:
1767:
1752:
1540:
1455:
1427:
1394:
1360:
1346:
1252:
1128:
988:
17:
1825:
1762:
1719:
1691:
1663:
1267:
1035:
1028:
963:
835:
699:
305:
611:
199:
1875:
1782:
1658:
1422:
1367:
1332:
1272:
1162:
904:
761:
578:
561:
539:
517:
498:
479:
460:
441:
244:
1839:
1820:
1408:
1135:
802:
692:
677:
1801:
1532:
1462:
1448:
1441:
1069:
983:
754:
747:
1701:
1434:
1313:
794:
591:
553:
1936:
1735:
1696:
975:
943:
916:
294:
1305:
809:
191:
1853:
1474:
531:
298:
286:
278:
62:
861:
240:
187:
82:
269:
Two ships of the class were ordered by the
Admiralty, in September 1943. HMS
1573:
1386:
1100:
195:
216:, while the other survived the war only to be scrapped shortly thereafter.
1282:
931:
290:
229:
183:
1244:
565:
239:
framework. They were intended to be towed through minefields that used
317:
309:
236:
233:
213:
198:. Referred to as Mine Destructor Vessels, two ships of the class,
644:
595:
516:. Conway's History of the Ship. London: Conway Maritime Press.
293:. Both ships were launched in January 1944; transferred to
301:, the two vessels were commissioned in May of that year.
224:
Officially designated as mine destructor vessels, the
632:
List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy
558:
1728:
1672:
1572:
1531:
1473:
1385:
1304:
1281:
1243:
1099:
1068:
974:
942:
915:
860:
793:
738:
676:
671:British naval ship classes of the Second World War
324:survived the war, being scrapped in October 1946.
514:The Eclipse of the Big Gun: The Warship 1906-1945
438:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946
297:, located on the lower Clyde, for completion and
1958:World War II minesweepers of the United Kingdom
497:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
257:of fleet minesweepers; their design was still
656:
575:History of the Royal Navy in the 20th century
8:
212:were built in 1944; one was lost following
663:
649:
641:
592:
419:
417:
380:
378:
376:
345:
343:
341:
459:. Devon, England: David & Charles.
357:
355:
337:
304:Both ships of the class saw use during
28:
1917:Laid down and completed after the war
512:Gardiner, Robert; D.K. Brown (2004).
7:
474:Colledge, J.J.; Ben Warlow (2010).
361:Colledge and Warlow 2010, pp.98-99.
18:Cybele class mine destructor vessel
495:Allied Minesweeping in World War 2
25:
440:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
75:
393:Gardiner and Brown 2004, p.163.
1953:Ship classes of the Royal Navy
1948:Minesweepers of the Royal Navy
601:-class mine destructor vessels
478:. Newbury, England: Casemate.
1:
436:Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980).
47:-class mine destructor vessel
1682:Harbour defence motor launch
577:. New York: Presidio Press.
536:Encyclopedia of World War II
232:vessel, constructed using a
194:for the purpose of clearing
1943:Mine warfare vessel classes
560:. New York: Gallery Books.
538:. New York: Gallery Books.
261:as late as the late 1960s.
1974:
1862:Merchant aircraft carriers
275:William Denny and Brothers
186:ships, constructed by the
58:William Denny and Brothers
1892:
629:
607:
128:
35:
31:
573:Preston, Antony (1987).
145:350 ft (110 m)
1911:Completed after the war
1876:Armed merchant cruisers
1687:Fairmile B motor launch
740:Light aircraft carriers
493:Elliott, Peter (1979).
455:Colledge, J.J. (1969).
129:General characteristics
1883:Ocean boarding vessels
1869:Fighter catapult ships
220:Design and development
153:60 ft (18 m)
1821:Submarine depot ship
1715:-class river gunboat
1707:Insect-class gunboat
423:Preston 1976, p.194.
411:Colledge 1969, p.18.
370:Preston 1987, p.139.
349:Chesneau 1980, p.85.
402:Elliott 1979, p.88.
384:Keegan 1977, p.174.
316:was wrecked in the
273:was constructed by
265:Operational history
1720:Type Two 63 ft HSL
1692:Motor torpedo boat
1078:Thornycroft type (
320:in December 1944;
306:Operation Overlord
228:class was a large
1930:
1929:
1802:Seaplane carriers
1070:Destroyer leaders
678:Aircraft carriers
638:
637:
584:978-0-86124-364-8
545:978-1-902616-48-3
523:978-0-85177-953-9
504:978-0-87021-904-7
485:978-1-935149-07-1
466:978-0-7153-4353-1
285:was built at the
173:
172:
16:(Redirected from
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1087:Admiralty type (
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508:
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81:
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29:
21:
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1926:
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1724:
1668:
1568:
1527:
1469:
1457:Southern Prince
1381:
1300:
1277:
1239:
1095:
1064:
970:
938:
911:
871:Queen Elizabeth
856:
844:Pretoria Castle
795:Escort carriers
789:
734:
672:
669:
639:
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625:
603:
585:
572:
554:Preston, Antony
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267:
222:
182:was a class of
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22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
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1925:
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1918:
1915:
1912:
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1906:
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1899:American built
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1765:
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1750:
1743:
1738:
1732:
1730:
1726:
1725:
1723:
1722:
1717:
1709:
1704:
1702:Steam gun boat
1699:
1694:
1689:
1684:
1678:
1676:
1670:
1669:
1667:
1666:
1661:
1656:
1649:
1644:
1637:
1632:
1627:
1620:
1615:
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1603:
1596:
1589:
1584:
1578:
1576:
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1566:
1559:
1552:
1545:
1537:
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1529:
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1526:
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1518:
1511:
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1499:
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1471:
1470:
1468:
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1460:
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1446:
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1432:
1425:
1420:
1413:
1406:
1399:
1391:
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1365:
1358:
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1337:
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1316:
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1301:
1299:
1298:
1293:
1287:
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1279:
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1275:
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1265:
1260:
1255:
1249:
1247:
1241:
1240:
1238:
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1230:
1225:
1220:
1215:
1210:
1205:
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1195:
1190:
1185:
1180:
1175:
1170:
1165:
1160:
1155:
1150:
1145:
1140:
1133:
1126:
1121:
1116:
1111:
1105:
1103:
1097:
1096:
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1093:
1084:
1074:
1072:
1066:
1065:
1063:
1062:
1054:
1047:
1040:
1033:
1026:
1021:
1014:
1007:
1000:
993:
986:
980:
978:
976:Light cruisers
972:
971:
969:
968:
961:
956:
948:
946:
944:Heavy cruisers
940:
939:
937:
936:
929:
921:
919:
917:Battlecruisers
913:
912:
910:
909:
902:
895:
888:
881:
874:
866:
864:
858:
857:
855:
854:
847:
840:
833:
828:
821:
814:
807:
799:
797:
791:
790:
788:
787:
780:
773:
766:
759:
752:
744:
742:
736:
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733:
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711:
704:
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241:pressure mines
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36:Class overview
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1786:
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1776:
1774:
1773:Shakespearian
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1727:
1721:
1718:
1716:
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1710:
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1703:
1700:
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295:Scott Lithgow
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289:shipyards in
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272:
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245:pressure wave
243:, creating a
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1923:Conversions
1834:Bonaventure
1778:Round Table
1464:Teviot Bank
1450:Port Quebec
1443:Port Napier
1320:Bridgewater
1080:Shakespeare
862:Battleships
708:Illustrious
299:fitting out
287:Swan Hunter
279:River Clyde
63:Swan Hunter
1937:Categories
1758:Portuguese
1574:Submarines
1436:Menestheus
1387:Minelayers
1376:Black Swan
1355:Kingfisher
1101:Destroyers
715:Implacable
687:Courageous
566:B002DSNA0E
328:References
259:classified
196:minefields
188:Royal Navy
158:Propulsion
97:In service
83:Royal Navy
1905:Cancelled
1848:Maidstone
1815:Albatross
1713:Dragonfly
1549:Protector
1533:Netlayers
1429:Agamemnon
1396:Adventure
1283:Corvettes
1208:W & Z
1203:U & V
1198:S & T
1193:Q & R
1188:O & P
1183:L & M
1158:G & H
1153:E & F
1148:C & D
1143:A & B
1130:Ambuscade
1119:V & W
722:Audacious
701:Ark Royal
333:Citations
207:HMS
200:HMS
105:Completed
100:1944-1946
92:1943-1944
71:Operators
1783:Monitors
1736:Trawlers
1600:Parthian
1542:Guardian
1515:Algerine
1341:Shoreham
1327:Hastings
1245:Frigates
1058:Minotaur
1044:Minotaur
1018:Arethusa
906:Vanguard
837:Activity
825:Attacker
811:Audacity
777:Majestic
770:Colossus
556:(1976).
534:(1977).
291:Wallsend
253:Algerine
230:trimaran
184:trimaran
121:Scrapped
52:Builders
1855:Titania
1827:Adamant
1808:Pegasus
1796:Roberts
1674:Coastal
1653:Amphion
1624:Grampus
1607:Rainbow
1489:Halcyon
1362:Bittern
1348:Grimsby
1258:Captain
1051:Neptune
1011:Leander
1004:Emerald
997:Hawkins
953:Hawkins
878:Revenge
851:Nairana
818:Avenger
784:Centaur
763:Unicorn
277:on the
190:during
1789:Erebus
1747:Basset
1741:Castle
1522:Cybele
1496:Bangor
1417:Linnet
1410:Plover
1403:Abdiel
1306:Sloops
1296:Castle
1291:Flower
1263:Colony
1234:Daring
1223:Weapon
1218:Battle
1168:Tribal
1137:Amazon
1061:(1947)
959:County
926:Renown
885:Nelson
804:Archer
756:Hermes
613:Cybele
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308:, the
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226:Cybele
202:Cybele
178:Cybele
142:Length
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1841:Forth
1768:Dance
1753:Isles
1729:Other
1618:River
1369:Egret
1334:Banff
1253:River
1089:Scott
990:Danae
831:Ruler
749:Argus
729:Malta
694:Eagle
620:Cyrus
314:Cyrus
310:D-Day
283:Cyrus
255:class
234:steel
214:D-Day
209:Cyrus
180:class
89:Built
1763:Tree
1641:P611
1593:Odin
1483:Hunt
1268:Loch
1178:Hunt
1124:Town
1037:Fiji
1030:Dido
1024:Town
965:York
933:Hood
899:Lion
579:ISBN
562:ASIN
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442:ISBN
205:and
175:The
166:Crew
161:None
150:Beam
113:Lost
41:Name
1914:C,P
1563:Net
1556:Bar
1508:Auk
1502:MMS
1273:Bay
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