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HMS Cadmus Laid Down : 21st July 1941 Launched : 27th May 1942 Completed : 9th September 1942 Type : Minesweeper Class : Algerine Builder : Harland and Wolff Country : UK Pennants : J230, M230 Fate : 1950 Trans. to Belgium renamed LECOINTE: 1960 B.U. at Burcht, Belgium. |
| “ALGERINE” Class Fleet Minesweeper fitted with Turbine propulsion machinery ordered on 15th November 1940 from Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Laid down on 21st July 1941 this minesweeper was launched on 27th May 1942. She was the fifth RN ship to carry this name, introduced in 1807 for a Brig-Sloop in 1808 and last borne by a Sloop built in 1903 and sold at Hong Kong in 1921.Her build was completed on 9th September 1942. This warship was “adopted” by the civil community of Clevedon, Somerset after a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign held in January 1942. Battle Honours; NORTH SEA 1942, NORTH AFRICA 1942, SICILY 1943, SALERNO 1943, ANZIO 1944 |
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21st July 1941 - Laid down at Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 27th May 1942 - Launched 27th May 1942 - Pennant J230 14th July 1942 - Lt.Cdr. John Bruce Goodenough Temple, DSC, RN In Command 9th September 1942 - Commissioned 15th November 1942 - Picked up 32 survivors from HMS Algerine and lands them at Bougie, Algeria. February 1943 - Lt.Cdr. (retired) John Spencer Landers, RNR In Command November 1944 - A/Cdr. Ralph Maxwell Sandbach, RN In Command 1950 - Sold and became RBN Georges Lecointe | |||
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