List of mine warfare vessels of World War II

This is a list of mine warfare vessels of World War II.[1][2][3][4]

The List of ships of World War II contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.

For smaller vessels, see also List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of the World War II, regardless of where they were built or their previous service history.

List of mine warfare vessels of World War II
Ship Country Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
Aaron Ward  United States Navy Smith destroyer minelayer 2,200 28 October 1944 constructive loss 30 April 1945, scrapped 1946
Abdiel  Royal Navy Abdiel minelayer cruiser 2,650 15 April 1941 Sunk 10 September 1943[5]
Adams  United States Navy Smith destroyer minelayer 2,200 10 October 1944 Decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1971
Adventure  Royal Navy minelayer cruiser 6,850 4 November 1916 landing repair ship 1944; scrapped 1947
Agra  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 15 April 1942 Decommissioned 1946
Ahmedabad Basset minesweeper 529 4 September 1944 Sold April 1947
Amiral Murgescu  Royal Romanian Navy
 Soviet Navy
Amiral Murgescu destroyer minelayer 1,068 1941 To Soviet Union 1944, scrapped 1988
Amritsar  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 20 November 1942 Decommissioned 1947
Apollo  Royal Navy Abdiel minelayer cruiser 2,650 9 October 1943 Scrapped 1962
Ariadne Abdiel minelayer cruiser 2,650 12 February 1944 Scrapped 1965
Baroda  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 December 1942 Transferred to Pakistan 1948
Berar Basset minesweeper 529 October 1942 Decommissioned 1946
Boggs  United States Navy Wickes minesweeper destroyer 1,190 23 September 1918 scrapped 1946
Brandenburg  Kriegsmarine minelayer 3,894 1 May 1943 captured French transport Kita, sunk 21 September 1943
Breese  United States Navy Wickes destroyer minelayer 1,190 23 October 1918 scrapped May 1946
Brummer  Kriegsmarine minelayer 1,924 9 April 1940 Captured from Norway 9 April 1940, sunk May 1945
Calcutta  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 18 August 1944 Decommissioned 1947
Chandler  United States Navy Clemson minesweeper destroyer 1,200 5 September 1919 scrapped 1946
Clive  Royal Indian Navy 24 minesweeper sloop 1,748 20 April 1920 Scrapped 1947
Cochin Basset minesweeper 529 9 April 1946 Decommissioned 1950
Cuttack Basset minesweeper 529 21 August 1944 Decommissioned 1946
Drache  Kriegsmarine minelayer 1,870 17 April 1941 captured from Yugoslav, Zmaj, sunk 22 September 1944
Gamble  United States Navy Wickes destroyer minelayer 1,090 29 November 1918 Damaged 17 February 1945, scuttled 16 July 1945.
Gryf  Poland Gryf minelayer 2,085 27 February 1938 sunk 3 September 1939
Icarus  Royal Navy I destroyer minelayer 1,370 3 May 1937 paid off 29 August 1946, scrapped 29 October 1946.
Ilex I destroyer minelayer 1,370 7 July 1937 paid off August, scrapped in Sicily 1948.
Imogen I destroyer minelayer 1,370 2 June 1937 sunk in collision 16 July 1940
Imperial I destroyer minelayer 1,370 30 June 1937 sunk 29 May 1941
Impulsive I destroyer minelayer 1,370 29 January 1938 paid off 1946, scrapped 22 January 1946.
Inglefield I destroyer minelayer 1,370 25 June 1937 sunk 25 February 1944
Intrepid I destroyer minelayer 1,370 29 July 1937 sunk 26 September 1943
Isis I destroyer minelayer 1,370 2 June 1937 sunk 20 July 1944.
Ivanhoe I destroyer minelayer 1,370 24 August 1937 sunk 1 September 1940
J-826 BYMS minesweeper 360 February 1943 Post-war oceanographic research vessel RV Calypso
Karachi  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 21 December 1942 Decommissioned 1946
Lahore Basset minesweeper 529 17 November 1942 Decommissioned 1946
Lamberton  United States Navy Wickes minesweeper destroyer 1,090 22 August 1918 scrapped 9 May 1947
Latona  Royal Navy Abdiel minelayer cruiser 2,650 4 May 1941 lost 25 October 1941
Lawrence  Royal Indian Navy 24 minesweeper sloop 1,748 27 December 1919 Scrapped 1947
Lothringen  Kriegsmarine minelayer cruiser 1,975 December 1941 sold to merchant service post-war
Lucknow  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 April 1946 Decommissioned 1946
Madura Basset minesweeper 529 27 May 1943 Decommissioned 1946
Manxman  Royal Navy Abdiel minelayer cruiser 2,650 20 June 1941 scrapped 1971
Multan  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
Nagpur Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
Nasik Basset minesweeper 529 24 May 1944 Decommissioned 1950
Oribi  Royal Navy O destroyer minelayer 1,540 3 September 1942 paid off 1948, scrapped 1965
Obedient O destroyer minelayer 1,540 30 October 1942 paid off 1957, scrapped 1962
Okinoshima  Imperial Japanese Navy minelayer 4,290 30 September 1936 sunk 12 May 1942
Oldenburg  Kriegsmarine minelayer 1,141 13 September 1943 captured Italian water tanker Garigiliano
Opportune  Royal Navy O destroyer minelayer 1,540 14 August 1942 paid off 1954, scrapped 1955
Orwell O destroyer minelayer 1,540 17 October 1942
Patna  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 24 January 1943 Decommissioned 1946
Peshawar Basset minesweeper 529 Cancelled September 1945
Poona Basset minesweeper 529 24 December 1942 Decommissioned 1946
Quetta Basset minesweeper 529 Cancelled February 1945
Rampur Basset minesweeper 529 17 October 1945 Transferred to Pakistan 1948
Ramsay  United States Navy Wickes destroyer minelayer 1,090 15 February 1919 Decommissioned 19 October 1945, scrapped 1947
Shillong  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 27 March 1943
Skate  Royal Navy R (Admiralty) destroyer minelayer 991 19 February 1917 scrapped 1947
Tannenberg  Kriegsmarine minelayer 1,098 2 September 1939 former ferry; sunk 9 July 1941
Travancore  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 January 1942 Decommissioned in 1947
Welshman  Royal Navy Abdiel minelayer cruiser 2,650 25 August 1941 sunk 1 February 1943

References

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  1. ^ "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War". The National Archives. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  2. ^ "Hulls Listed by Name". Naval Vessel Register. Archived from the original on 2007-06-30.
  3. ^ "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Index". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
  5. ^ Mason, Geoffrey B. "HMS Abdiel - Abdiel-class fast cruiser minelayer". Naval-History.net. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

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