ALGERINE
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Nationality: |
Britain |
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| Type: | Minesweeper | ||||||||||||||||||
| Class: | ALGERINE -125 in class (110 completed) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Completed: | circa 1941 - 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Displacement: | 980 tons | ||||||||||||||||||
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Dimensions: (in feet and inches) |
225' x 35' 6" x 10' 3" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Machinery: | 2-shaft geared turbines (* see below) or 2-shaft VTE; 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2,000 to 2,400shp. Oil: 235 tons | ||||||||||||||||||
| Speed: | 16.5 knots | ||||||||||||||||||
| Armament: |
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| Compliment: | 138 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes: Considered to be a successful design, larger and more spacious than the preceding BANGOR class. They were often used as anti-submarine escorts. Ships without the quad 40mm AA mount received 20mm guns, usually eight of them.
Ships in class:
| NAME | PENNANT NUMBER | BUILDER | FATE |
| ACUTE (ex-ALERT)* | J.106 | Harland and Wolff | expended as target ship in Malta in 1963; sold to be broken up for scrap in November 1964; scrapped at La Spezia, Italy |
| ALARM * | J.140 | Harland and Wolff | bombed by German aircraft at Bene, North Africa on 2 January 1943; declared a constructive total loss; scrapped in January, 1944 |
| ALBACORE * | J.101 | Harland and Wolff | scrapped at Port Glasgow in September, 1963 |
| ALGERINE * | J.213 | Harland and Wolff | torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine ASCIANGHI on 15 November 1942 |
| ANTARES | J.282 | Toronto | returned to the USN as AM-325 in 1946; broken up in Maryland in 1947 |
| ARCTURUS | J.283 | Redfern | returned to the USN as AM-326 in 1946; transferred to the Greek Navy as PYRPOLITIS in 1947; expended as a target off Crete in 1980 |
| ARIES | J.284 | Toronto | returned to the USN as AM-327 in 1946; transferred to the Greek Navy as ARMATOLOS in 1947; expended as a target in 1977 |
| BORDER CITIES (RCN) | J.344 | Port Arthur | decommissioned in January, 1946 and subsequently broken up at Victoria |
| BRAMBLE | J.273 | Lobnitz | broken up at Gateshead in August, 1961 |
| BRAVE * | J.305 | Blyth; White | transferred to RNVR (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve) and renamed SATELLITE in 1954; scrapped at Dunston, November, 1958 |
| CADMUS * | J.230 | Harland and Wolff | transferred to Royal Belgian Navy as GEORGES LECOINTE in 1950; scrapped in 1960 |
| CHAMELEON * | J.387 | Harland and Wolff | scrapped at Silloth in April, 1966 |
| CHEERFUL * | J.388 | Harland and Wolff | scrapped at Queensborough in September, 1963 |
| CIRCE * | J.214 | Harland and Wolff | transferred to RNVR (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve) as a drill ship in 1955; scrapped at Dalmuir in December, 1966 |
| CLINTON | J.286 | Toronto | returned to the USN as AM-328 in 1947; scrapped later that year |
| COCKATRICE | J.229 | Fleming and Ferguson | broken up at Inverkeithing in August, 1963 |
| COQUETTE (ex-RCN BOWMANVILLE) | J.350 | Redfern | scrapped at Rosyth in May, 1958 |
| COURIER (ex-RCN ARNPRIOR) x | J.349 | Redfern | scrapped at Llanelly in March, 1959 |
| CYBELLE | J.399 | Scotts | cancelled; details unknown |
| CYRUS | J.421 | Scotts | cancelled; details unknown |
| ESPIEGLE * | J.216 | Harland and Wolff | scrapped at Dalmuir in 1967 |
| FANCY * | J.308 | Blyth; White | transferred to Royal Belgian Navy as DUFOUR in 1951; hulked as NZADI in 1959; sank in 1980 (details unknown) |
| FANTOME * | J.224 | Harland and Wolff | struck a mine off Bizerte, Tunisia on 20 May 1943; declared a constructive total loss; scrapped at Milford Haven, May, 1947 |
| FELICITY (ex-RCN COPPERCLIFF) | J.369 | Redfern | sold and became mercantile FAIRFREE in 1947; broken up at Charlestown in 1957 |
| FIERCE | J.453 | Lobnitz | broken up at Gateshead in August, 1959 |
| FIREBALL | J.464 | Lobnitz | cancelled in October, 1944 |
| FLY | J.306 | Lobnitz | sold to the Royal Persian Navy in July, 1949 and renamed PALANG; stricken in 1972 and subsequently scrapped |
| FLYING FISH (ex-RCN TILLSONBURG) | J.370 | Redfern | sold to the Royal Ceylon Navy in October, 1949 and renamed VIJAYA; broken up in 1975 |
| FORT FRANCIS (RCN) | J.396 | Port Arthur | decommissioned in August, 1945; recommissioned in 1948 as hydrographic survey ship with pennant number 170; re-classified as an oceanographic survey ship in 1958; sold for scrapping in 1974. |
| FRIENDSHIP | J.398 | Toronto | returned to the USN as AM-329 in January, 1947; scrapped in Maryland later that year |
| GABRIEL | J.465 | Lobnitz | cancelled in October, 1944 |
| GOLDEN FLEECE (ex-RCN HUMBERSTONE) | J.376 | Redfern | scrapped at Llanelly in August, 1960 |
| GOZO | J.287 | Redfern | returned to the USN as AM-330 in 1946; sold to the Grecian Navy in October, 1948 and renamed POLEMISTIS; expended as a target in 1975 |
| HAPPY RETURN | J.466 | Lobnitz | cancelled in October, 1944 |
| HARE * x | J.389 | Harland and Wolff | transferred to Royal Nigerian Navy as NIGERIA in 1959; scrapped at Faslane in November, 1962 |
| HOUND | J.307 | Lobnitz | scrapped at Troon in September, 1962 |
| HYDRA | J.375 | Lobnitz | struck a mine off Ostend, Belgium on 10 November 1944; declared a constructive total loss and broken up at Grays in 1947 |
| JASEUR x | J.428 | Redfern | scrapped at Blyth in May, 1956 |
| JEWEL * x | J.390 | Harland and Wolff | scrapped at Inverkeithing in April, 1967 |
| KAPUSKASING (RCN) | J.326 | Port Arthur | decommissioned in March; 1946; recommissioned as oceanographic observation ship with pennant number 171 in 1948; decommissioned in 1972; sunk as a target in 1978 |
| LAERTES | J.433 | Redfern | scrapped at Barrow in April, 1959 |
| LARNE (I) | --- | Simons | cancelled in March, 1942 |
| LARNE (II) | J.274 | Lobnitz | struck a mine near Boros, Greece on 13 August 1944 and was beached to prevent sinking; following repairs, was transferred to Italian Navy as AMMARAGLIO MAGNAHI in 1946; renamed ERITREA in 1948; renamed ALABARDA in 1951; scrapped at La Spezia in 1980 |
| LENNOX (I) | --- | Simons | cancelled in March, 1942 |
| LENNOX (II) | J.276 | Lobnitz | scrapped at Gateshead in June, 1961 |
| LIBERTY * x | J.391 | Harland and Wolff | transferred to Royal Belgian Navy as ADRIEN DE GERLACHE in 1949; converted to mine countermeasures ship in 1959; sold for breaking up and scrapped at Bruges in June, 1970. |
| LIGHTFOOT | J.288 | Redfern | returned to the USN as AM-331 in 1946; sold to the Grecian Navy and renamed NAVAMACHOS in 1947; expended as a target in 1974 |
| LIONESS (ex-RCN PETROLLA) x | J.377 | Redfern | scrapped at Rosyth in November, 1956 |
| LOYALTY (ex-RATTLER) * | J.217 | Harland and Wolff | torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-480 in the English Channel on 22 August 1944 |
| LYSANDER (ex-RCN HESPELER) | J.379 | Port Arthur | renamed CORNFLOWER in 1950; name changed back to LYSANDER in 1951; broken up at Blyth in November, 1957 |
| MAENAD | J.335 | Redfern | scrapped at Grays in December, 1957 |
| MAGICIENNE | J.436 | Redfern | scrapped at Newport in May, 1956 |
| MAMELUKE | J.437 | Redfern | scrapped at Middlesborough in May, 1950 |
| MANDATE | J.438 | Redfern | scrapped at Charlestown in December, 1957 |
| MARINER (ex-RCN KINCARDINE) | J.380 | Port Arthur | transferred to the Burmese Navy as YAN MYO AUNG in 1958; deleted from service in 1982 and subsequently scrapped |
| MARMION (I) | --- | Harland and Wolff | cancelled in 1942 |
| MARMION (II) (ex-RCN ORANGEVILLE) | J.381 | Port Arthur | scrapped at Dunston in August, 1959 |
| MARVEL | J.443 | Redfern | scrapped at Charlestown in May, 1958 |
| MARY ROSE (ex-RCN TORONTO) | J.360 | Redfern | scrapped at Gateshead in November, 1957 |
| MELITA | J.289 | Redfern | scrapped at Llanelly in February, 1959 |
| MICHAEL | J.444 | Redfern | scrapped at Bo'ness in November, 1956 |
| MIDDLESEX (RCN) | J.328 | Port Arthur | decommissioned in December, 1945; became a search and rescue ship in 1946; ran aground off New Scotland on 3 December 1946 and declared a constructive total loss; subsequently broken up |
| MINSTREL | J.445 | Redfern | paid off in February, 1947 to Category B reserve at Singapore; purchased by the Royal Thai Navy in April, 1947 and renamed PHOSAMTON in November, 1947; still in service as a training ship and is believed to be the oldest steam-engined warship still in service |
| MOON (I) | --- | Harland and Wolff | cancelled in 1943 |
| MOON (II) (ex-RCN MIMICO) | J.329 | Redfern | scrapped at Gateshead in November, 1957 |
| MUTINE * | J.227 | Harland and Wolff | scrapped at Barrow in 1967 |
| MYRMIDON | J.454 | Redfern | scrapped at Briton Ferry in December, 1958 |
| MYSTIC | J.455 | Redfern | scrapped at Llanelly in May, 1958 |
| NERISSA | J.456 | Redfern | scrapped at Llanelly in August, 1960 |
| NEW LISKEARD (RCN) | J.397 | Port Arthur | decommissioned in August; 1946; in 1948, became a training ship, then an oceanographic observation ship; decommissioned in 1969 and sold for scrap |
| NICATOR | J.457 | Toronto | cancelled in November, 1944 |
| NIGER (I) | --- | Toronto | cancelled in November, 1944 |
| NIGER (ex-DISDAIN) (II) | J.442 | Lobnitz | broken up at Silloth in February, 1966 |
| NONPAREIL | J.459 | Toronto | cancelled in November, 1944 |
| NOX | J.460 | Toronto | cancelled in November, 1944 |
| OCTAVIA | J.290 | Redfern | scrapped at Gateshead in May, 1950 |
| ODIN | J.461 | Toronto | cancelled in November, 1944 |
| ONYX * | J.221 | Harland and Wolff | scrapped at Inverkeithing in April, 1967 |
| ORCADIA | J.462 | Port Arthur | scrapped at Briton Ferry in December, 1958 |
| ORESTES | J.277 | Lobnitz | used as a target ship for Seacat missile trials; broken up at Troon in 1961 |
| OSHAWA (RCN) | J.330 | Port Arthur | decommissioned in July, 1945; recommissioned in 1958 as oceanographic observation ship with pennant number 174; decommissioned and scrapped in 1966 |
| OSSORY | J.463 | Port Arthur | scrapped at Troon in March, 1959 |
| PELORUS | J.291 | Lobnitz | sold to the South African Navy in 1947 and renamed PIETERMARITZBURG; served as an accommodation ship at Simon's Town in 1982; scuttled as an artificial reef off Simon's Town on 12 October 1994 |
| PERSIAN | J.347 | Redfern | returned to the USN as AM-334; sold as mercantile ship and renamed KIKIADES in 1947; renamed POLIKOS in 1948; scrapped in 196? |
| PICKLE * | J.293 | Harland and Wolff | sold to the Royal Ceylon Navy in April 1959 and renamed PARAKRAMA; broken up at Singapore in 1964 |
| PINCHER * | J.294 | Harland and Wolff | scrapped at Dunston in March, 1962 |
| PLUCKY * | J.295 | Harland and Wolff | scrapped at Dunston in March, 1962 |
| PLUTO | J.446 | Port Arthur | broken up at Dalmuir in 1972 |
| POLARIS | J.447 | Port Arthur | scrapped at Briton Ferry in September, 1956 |
| PORTAGE (RCN) | J.331 | Port Arthur | decommissioned in July, 1946; became a training ship in 1947; sold for scrap in 1958 but not broken up until 1961 |
| POSTILLION | J.296 | Redfern | returned to the USN as AM-335; sold to Grecian Navy and renamed MACHITIS in 1947; expended as a target at Crete in 1984 |
| PROMPT (ex-RCN HUNTSVILLE) | J.378 | Redfern | struck a mine on 9 May 1945 off Ostend, Belgium; towed to Southend and declared a constructive total loss, not being worth repairing; sold to be broken up in January, 1947 |
| PROVIDENCE (ex-RCN FORREST HILL) | J.325 | Redfern | scrapped at Sunderland in May, 1958 |
| PYRRHUS | J.448 | Port Arthur | scrapped at Newport in September, 1956 |
| RATTLESNAKE | J.297 | Lobnitz | broken up at Grangermouth in 1959 |
| READY * | J.223 | Harland and Wolff | sold to the Royal Belgian Navy in July, 1951 and renamed J. E. VAN HAVERBEKE; scrapped at Bruges in 1961 |
| RECRUIT * | J.298 | Harland and Wolff | broken up at Barrow in 1965 |
| REGULUS (ex-RCN LONGBRANCH) | J.327 | Toronto | struck a mine off Corfu on 12 January 1945 and sank |
| RIFLEMAN * | J.299 | Harland and Wolff | served as accommodation ship at Barrows in early 1960's; broken up at Barrows in 1972 |
| RINALDO * | J.225 | Harland and Wolff | broken up at Gateshead in 1961 |
| ROCKCLIFF (RCN) | J.355 | Port Arthur | decommissioned in July, 1946; became a training ship in 1947; sold for scrap in 1958 and scrapped in Canada in 1960 |
| ROMOLA | J.449 | Port Arthur | scrapped at Plymouth in November, 1957 |
| ROSAMUND | J.439 | Port Arthur | sold to the South African Navy in September, 1947 and renamed BLOEMFONTEIN; sunk as target in 1967 |
| ROSARIO * | J.219 | Harland and Wolff | sold to the Royal Belgian Navy in 1953 and renamed DE MOOR; broken up at Bruges in 1970 |
| ROWENA | J.384 | Lobnitz | broken up at Gateshead in October,1958 |
| SAULT STE. MARIE (ex-The SOO) (RCN) | J.334 | Port Arthur | decommissioned in December, 1946; became a training ship in 1949; sold for scrap in 1959 and broken up in 1960 |
| SEABEAR (ex-RCN ST. THOMAS) | J.333 | Redfern | scrapped at Preston in December, 1958 |
| SERENE (ex-RCN LEASIDE) x | J.354 | Redfern | scrapped at Llanelly in March, 1959 |
| SKIPJACK (ex-SCORPION, ex-RCN SOLEBAY) | J.300 | Redfern | scrapped at Blyth in 1959 |
| SPANKER * | J.226 | Harland and Wolff | sold to the Royal Belgian Navy in 1953 and renamed DE BROUWER; broken up at Ghent in 1968 |
| SQUIRREL * | J.301 | Harland and Wolff | struck a mine off Phuket, Siam (Thailand) on 24 July 1945; scuttled |
| ST. BONIFACE (RCN) | J.332 | Port Arthur | decommissioned in September, 1946; sold as mercantile BESS BERRY later in 1946 and served until 1954; subsequent fate unknown |
| STORMCLOUD | J.367 | Lobnitz | broken up at Gateshead in August, 1959 |
| STYX | J.440 | Port Arthur | cancelled in November, 1944 |
| SYLVIA | J.382 | Lobnitz | broken up at Gateshead in October, 1958 |
| TANGANYIKA | J.383 | Lobnitz | broken up at Inverkeithing in September, 1963 |
| THISBE | J.302 | Redfern | scrapped at Charlestown in December, 1957 |
| TRUELOVE | J.303 | Redfern | scrapped at Blyth in November, 1957 |
| VESTAL * | J.215 | Harland and Wolff | hit by Japanese "Kamikaze" aircraft and sunk off Phuket, Siam (Thailand) on 26 July 1945 |
| WALLACEBURG (RCN) | J.336 | Port Arthur | decommissioned in October, 1946; served as a training ship with pennant number 172 from 1950 until 1957; sold to the Royal Belgian Navy in 1959 and renamed GEORGES LECOINTE; broken up in 1969 |
| WATERWITCH | J.304 | Lobnitz | broken up at Antwerp in 1970 |
| WAVE x | J.385 | Lobnitz | scrapped at Gateshead in April, 1962 |
| WELCOME x | J.386 | Lobnitz | scrapped at Gateshead in May, 1962 |
| WELFARE | J.356 | Redfern | scrapped at Grays in November, 1957 |
| WINNIPEG (RCN) | J.337 | Port Arthur | decommissioned in November 1946; transferred to the Royal Belgian Navy in 1959 and renamed A. F. DUFOUR; broken up in 1966 |
Many thanks to the following for their wonderful help in the compilation of the FATES column of this table:
The Algerines Association
http://www.minesweepers.org.uk/
uboat.net
Builders:
Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. Ltd. (Blyth, U.K.) : White
Fleming and Ferguson Ltd. (Paisley, Scotland)
Harland and Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Lobnitz and Co. Ltd. (Renfrew, Scotland)
Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. (Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada)
Redfern Construction Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland)
W. Simons and Co. Ltd. (Renfrew, Scotland)
Toronto Shipbuilding Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
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