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HMS Espiegle |
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HMS Espiegle Laid Down : 5th February 1942 Launched : 12th August 1942 Completed : 1st December 1942 Type : Minesweeper Class : Algerine Builder : Harland and Wolff Country : UK Pennants : J216, M216 Fate : 1967 Broken up Dalmuir. |
| “ALGERINE” Class Fleet Minesweeper fitted with Turbine propulsion machinery ordered on 15th November 1940 from Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Laid down on 5th February 1942 at the same time as sister ship FANTOME, the ship was launched on 12th August that year as sixth RN ship to carry this name, introduced in 1793 for a French 16 gun Brig Sloop captured off Ushant. It was last borne by a Sloop, reported as being last RN ship to be built with a figurehead, built at Sheerness in 1900 and sold at Bombay in 1923. Her build was completed on 1st December 1942 and she had been “adopted” by the civil community of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, following a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign in March 1942. |
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  Espiegle J216 at Malta 25/4/47 |   |
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5th February 1942 - Laid down at Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 12th August 1942 - Launched 12th August 1942 - Pennant J216 25th August 1942 - Lt. Ronald Gresham, RNVR In Command 1st December 1942 - Commissioned November 1943 - T/A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Robertson Fraser, RNR In Command 10th July 1944 - Lt. Alfred William Geen, RN In Command October 1944 - T/A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Robertson Fraser, DSC, RNR In Command February 1945 - T/A/Lt.Cdr. Reginald Michael Thorne, RNR In Command 1967 - Scrapped | |||
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