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HMS Cheerful |
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HMS Cheerful Laid Down : 20th August 1943 Launched : 22nd May 1944 Completed : 13th October 1944 Type : Minesweeper Class : Algerine Builder : Harland and Wolff Country : UK Pennants : J388, M88 Fate : 1963 B.U. at Queensborough |
| “ALGERINE” Class Fleet Minesweeper fitted with Turbine propulsion machinery ordered on 30th April 1942 from Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Laid down on 20th August 1943 this minesweeper was launched on 22nd May 1944. She was the fourth RN ship to carry this name, introduced in 1806 for a 12 Gun Cutter sold in 1816 and last borne by a Destroyer built in 1897 and sunk in June 1916 off the Shetlands by a mine. Build was completed on 13th October 1944. This warship was not “adopted” by a UK civil community after a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign held in during 1941-42 as her build had not been started. |
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20th August 1943 - Laid down at Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 22nd May 1944 - Launched 22nd May 1944 - Pennant J388 12th September 1944 - Lt.Cdr. Trevor Montagu Williams, RD, RNR In Command 13th October 1944 - Commissioned 2nd August 1945 - Charles Percival Crawford, RNVR In Command September 1963 - Scrapped at Queenborough | |||
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