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The Algerine-class minesweeper was a large group of minesweepers built for the Royal Navy (RN) and the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the Second World War. 110 ships of the class were launched between 1942 and 1944.

Design and description

By 1940 the Royal Navy had realized that the Шаблон:Sclasss were too small to carry the equipment needed to handle magnetic mines.Шаблон:Citation needed A bigger ship was designed, ironically about the same size as the older Шаблон:Sclass that the Royal Navy had rejected earlier as too large and expensive for mass production. The size of the new ship made them suitable for use as ocean-going escort ships and many were used to supplement specialist escorts. Most of the ships built for the RCN were solely employed as such and were fitted with more anti-submarine weapons than the RN ships. To maximise production, alternate designs were made to use either steam turbines or reciprocating steam engines.[1] This enabled ships to be built at yards more used to merchant ship design and as with other mass-produced escort vessels (such as the Шаблон:Sclass2s or the Шаблон:Sclass2s, could use merchant-style reciprocating vertical triple expansion (VTE) engines.

Both groups of ships had the same dimensions, although the VTE powered ships had a greater displacement and a deeper draught. The hull measured Шаблон:Convert long overall with a beam of Шаблон:Convert. The turbine group had a draught of Шаблон:Convert while the reciprocating engined ships sat Шаблон:Convert deeper in the water. The turbine-powered ships displaced Шаблон:Convert at standard load and Шаблон:Convert at deep load while the reciprocating engined group displaced Шаблон:Convert at standard load and Шаблон:Convert at deep load. The ships' complement consisted of 85 officers and ratings.[1]

The turbine-powered ships had two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The engines produced a total of Шаблон:Convert and gave a maximum speed of Шаблон:Convert. The reciprocating engined ships had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines totalling Шаблон:Convert and reached the same speed. They carried a maximum of Шаблон:Convert of fuel oil that gave them a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert.[1]

The Algerine class was armed with a [[QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun|QF Шаблон:Convert Mk V]] anti-aircraft gun and four twin-gun mounts for Oerlikon 20 mm cannon.[2] The latter guns were in short supply when the first ships were being completed and they often got a proportion of single mounts. By 1944, single-barrel Bofors 40 mm mounts began replacing the twin 20 mm mounts on a one for one basis. All of the ships were fitted for four throwers and two rails for depth charges. Many Canadian ships omitted their sweeping gear in exchange for a 24-bomb Hedgehog spigot mortar and a stowage capacity for 90+ depth charges.[1]

The construction contracts were awarded to shipbuilders in both the United Kingdom and Canada. Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-3

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Construction

A total of 94 Algerine class vessels served with the Royal Navy; of these 45 were built in the UK and another 49 in Canada. A further 12 vessels served with the Royal Canadian Navy; all these were built in Canada.

The ships were built in the UK were ordered under the 1940 to 1943 war emergency building programmes. The companies involved were Harland & Wolff (22), Lobnitz (18), Blyth (2), Fleming & Ferguson (1) and William Simons (2). Another 15 were ordered in 1943 but cancelled, to free yard space for building Loch class frigates. The ships were built in two types; 26 powered by steam turbine and 22 by reciprocating or vertical triple expansion (VTE) steam engines. The turbine powered ships were all built by Harland & Wolff, save two, built at Blyth; the VTE powered ships were built at Lobnitz, Simons and Fleming & Ferguson.[3]

Of the ships built in Canada, the companies involved were Toronto Shipbuilding (later Redfern), Port Arthur and Collingwood. All the Canadian-built ships were VTE powered. Only 12 of these ships served with the RCN; a further 17 were built for the RCN but transferred to the Royal Navy in exchange for an equal number of Шаблон:Sclass2s, as the RCN was in need of escort vessels. Fourteen ships were built for the United States Navy, but again were transferred to the RN on completion under Lend-Lease. Nineteen ships were ordered directly by the RN under the 1943 programme; a further six ships were ordered, but cancelled.[4]

Service history

The Algerine class vessels in service with the Royal Navy were employed mainly as minesweepers, though they were equipped as anti-submarine warfare vessels also, and could serve as escort ships as needed. Their ASDIC and depth-charge equipment was equal to that of the Шаблон:Sclass2s, or even Шаблон:Sclass2s, though they were not equipped with forward-firing weapons like Hedgehog. Five Algerines were sunk in action, and four others were declared constructive total losses after sustaining damage.[5]

The Algerines of the Royal Canadian Navy by contrast were employed as escorts. They were not fitted with mine-sweeping gear, though they were optimized for service in the Arctic. The Algerines served principally as senior ships in Canadian escort groups of the Western Local Escort Force and the Halifax Force. No RCN vessels of the class were lost.[6]

Post-war service

After the war, a number of Algerines continued in service as patrol boats, survey ships, and training ships. On 11 March 1959, HMS Acute and HMS Jewel, training ships at Dartmouth, rescued the burning German coaster Vorman Rass, off Start Point, Devon.[7] At least one, HMS Pickle, was still engaged in minesweeping duties in British waters as late as 1955. All Algerines in RN and RCN service were disposed of by the late 1950s or early 1960s.[8]

Some were sold to other navies or into merchant service. The fourteen ships under Lend-Lease were returned to the USN in 1946; five of these later transferred to the Greek Navy. Of the RN ships, five were transferred to the Belgian Navy, two to South Africa and two to Ceylon; another five, one apiece, were acquired by Burma, Nigeria, Italy, Iran, and Thailand. Two RCN ships were transferred to Belgium in 1959 as replacements for two ex-RN ships that were due for disposal. One, HTMS Phosampton (ex-Шаблон:HMS), was in service until 2012 with the Royal Thai Navy.

Ships

Algerine-class ships of the Royal Canadian Navy
Name[8] Builder Powerplant Fate
Шаблон:HMCS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1948 sold for demolition
Шаблон:HMCS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1948 transferred to Department of Mines and Technical Surveys
1974 broken up
Шаблон:HMCS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1949-1972 loaned to Department of Mines and Technical Surveys
1978 sunk as a target
Шаблон:HMCS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 2 December 1946 aground near Halifax and became a total loss
Шаблон:HMCS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1969 broken up
Шаблон:HMCS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1958 sold as civilian survey vessel
1966 broken up
Шаблон:HMCS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1961 broken up
Шаблон:HMCS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1960 broken up
Шаблон:HMCS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1960 broken up
Шаблон:HMCS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1948 sold mercantile as Bess Barry M.
Шаблон:HMCS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1959 sold to Belgian Navy as Georges Lecointe
1970 broken up
Шаблон:HMCS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1959 sold to Belgian Navy as A.F. Dufour
1966 broken up
Algerine-class ships of the Royal Navy
Name[8] Builder Powerplant Fate
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1964 destroyed as a target
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 2 January 1943 badly damaged by mine near Bône
December 1943 sold for demolition
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1963 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 15 November 1942 sunk by Italian submarine off Bougie
Шаблон:HMS Toronto Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1947 returned to USA after lend-lease
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction[9] Reciprocating 1946 returned to USA after lend-lease
1946 sold to Hellenic Navy as Pyrpolitis
1984 sunk as a target
Шаблон:HMS Toronto Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1946 returned to USA after lend-lease
1947 sold to Hellenic Navy as Armatolos
1977 sunk as a target
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co Reciprocating 1961 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Blyth Dry Docks Turbine 1951 RNVR drillship Satellite
1958 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1950 sold to Belgian Navy as Georges Lecointe
1960 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1966 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1963 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1967 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Toronto Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1947 returned to USA after lend-lease
Шаблон:HMS Fleming & Ferguson Reciprocating 1963 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1958 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1959 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1967 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Blyth Dry Docks Turbine 1950 sold to Belgian Navy as A. F. Dufour
1959 renamed Nzadi
1960 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1947 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1947 sold mercantile as Fairfree
1957 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co Reciprocating 1959 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co Reciprocating 1949 sold to Imperial Iranian Navy as Palang
1972 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1949 gifted to Royal Ceylon Navy as Шаблон:Ship
1972 Sri Lanka Navy
1975 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Toronto Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1947 returned to USA after lend-lease
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1960 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1946 returned to USA after lend-lease
1947 sold to Hellenic Navy as Polemistis
1977 deleted
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 21 July 1959 sold to Nigerian Navy as HMNS Nigeria
1962 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co Reciprocating 1962 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co Reciprocating 10 November 1944 damaged by mine and not repaired
1947 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1956 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1967 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1959 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co
(transferred from William Simons)
Reciprocating 1947 sold to Italian Navy as Eritrea
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co
(transferred from William Simons)
Reciprocating 1961 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1949 sold to Belgian Navy as Adrien de Gerlache
1969 sold for demolition
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1946 returned to USA after lend-lease
1947 sold to Hellenic Navy as Navmachos
1976 withdrawn
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1956 broken up
Шаблон:HMS
ex-Rattler(1943)
Harland & Wolff Turbine 22 August 1944 sunk by German submarine in the English Channel
Шаблон:HMS
HMS Cornflower 1950-1951
Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1957 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1957 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1956 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1950 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1957 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1958 sold to Burmese Navy as Yan Myo Aung
1982 withdrawn and laid up
Шаблон:HMS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1959 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1958 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1957 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1959 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1956 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1947 sold to Royal Thai Navy as Phosampton
2012 withdrawn from service
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1957 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1967 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1958 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1958 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1960 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co Reciprocating 1966 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1950 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1967 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1958 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co Reciprocating 1963 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1959 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co Reciprocating 1947 sold to South African Navy as HMSAS Pietermaritzburg)[10]
1976 stricken
19 November 1994 scuttled in Smitswinkel Bay, South Africa
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1946 returned to USA after lend-lease
1948 transferred to State Department
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1959 sold to Royal Ceylon Navy as Шаблон:Ship
1964 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1962 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1962 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1973 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1956 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1946 returned to USA after lend-lease
1947 sold to Hellenic Navy as Machitis
1976 withdrawn
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 8 May 1945 damaged by mine (CTL)
1947 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1958 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Port Arthur Shipbuilding Reciprocating 1956 broken up
Rattler
see Шаблон:HMS
Harland & Wolff Turbine 22 August 1944 sunk by submarine in the English Channel
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co Reciprocating 1959 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1951 sold to Belgian Navy as Jan van Haverbeke
1961 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1965 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Toronto Shipbuilding Reciprocating 12 January 1945 sunk by mine in Corfu Channel
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1972 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1961 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Collingwood Shipbuilding
(transferred from Port Arthur Shipbuilding)
Reciprocating 1957 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Collingwood Shipbuilding
(transferred from Port Arthur Shipbuilding)
Reciprocating 1947 sold to South African Navy as HMSAS Bloemfontein[10]
5 June 1967 sunk as a target off Simonstown
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1951 sold to Belgian Navy as De Moor
1969 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co Reciprocating 1958 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1958 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1959 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1959 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 1953 sold to Belgian Navy as De Brouwer
1963 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 24 July 1945 scuttled off Phuket, Thailand after mine damage
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co Reciprocating 1959 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co Reciprocating 1958 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co Reciprocating 1963 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1957 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1957 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Harland & Wolff Turbine 26 July 1945 sunk by Japanese aircraft off Phuket, Thailand
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co Reciprocating 1963 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co Reciprocating 1962 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Lobnitz & Co Reciprocating 1962 broken up
Шаблон:HMS Redfern Construction Reciprocating 1957 broken up
Cancelled Algerine-class ships
Name[8] Builder Powerplant Fate
Fireball (J464) Lobnitz & Co ?Reciprocating Cancelled October 1944
Gabriel (J465) Lobnitz & Co ?Reciprocating Cancelled October 1944
Happy Return (J466) Lobnitz & Co ?Reciprocating Cancelled October 1944
Larne William Simons ?Reciprocating Cancelled March 1942
Lennox William Simons ?Reciprocating Cancelled March 1942
Lysander Harland & Wolff ?Turbine Cancelled May 1943
Mariner Harland & Wolff ?Turbine Cancelled May 1943
Marmion Harland & Wolff ?Turbine Cancelled May 1943
Mary Rose Harland & Wolff ?Turbine Cancelled May 1943
Moon Harland & Wolff ?Turbine Cancelled May 1943
Nicator (J457) Toronto Shipbuilding ?Reciprocating
Niger Toronto Shipbuilding ?Reciprocating
Nonpareil (J459) Toronto Shipbuilding ?Reciprocating
Nox (J459) Toronto Shipbuilding ?Reciprocating
Odin (J460) Toronto Shipbuilding ?Reciprocating
Providence Harland & Wolff ?Turbine Cancelled May 1943
Regulus Harland & Wolff ?Turbine Cancelled May 1943
Rowena Harland & Wolff ?Turbine Cancelled May 1943
Seabriar Harland & Wolff ?Turbine Cancelled May 1943
Serene Harland & Wolff ?Turbine Cancelled May 1943
Styx (J440) Collingwood Shipbuilding
(transferred from Port Arthur Shipbuilding)
?Reciprocating

Post-war operators

Algerine-class ships of the Belgian Navy (post-war)
Name Ex- Powerplant Acquired Stricken
M900 Adrien de Gerlache HMS Liberty Turbine 1949 1969
M901 Georges Lecointe (i) HMS Cadmus Turbine 1950 1959
M901 Georges Lecointe (ii) HMCS Wallaceburg VTE 1959 1969
M902 Jan Van Haverbeke HMS Ready Turbine 1951 1960
M903 A. F. Dufour (i) HMS Fancy Turbine 1951 1959
M903 A. F. Dufour (ii) HMCS Winnipeg VTE 1959 1966
M904 De Brouwer HMS Spanker Turbine 1953 1966
M905 De Moor HMS Rosario Turbine 1953 1966
Algerine-class ships of the Royal Ceylon Navy (post-war)
Name Ex- Powerplant Acquired Stricken
Шаблон:Ship HMS Flying Fish VTE 1949 1975
Шаблон:Ship HMS Pickle Turbine 1959 1964
Algerine-class ships of the South African Navy (post-war)
Name Ex- Powerplant Acquired Stricken
HMSAS Pietermaritzburg HMS Pelorus VTE 1947 1976
HMSAS Bloemfontein HMS Rosamund VTE 1947 1967
Algerine-class ships in post-war service in other navies
Name Ex- Powerplant Navy Acquired Stricken
Yan Myo Aung HMS Mariner VTE Burmese Navy 1958 1982
HMNS Nigeria HMS Hare Turbine Nigerian Navy 1959 1962
Eritrea
(renamed Alabarda)
HMS Larne VTE Italian Navy 1947 1981
Palang HMS Fly VTE Imperial Iranian Navy 1949 1972
Phosampton HMS Minstrel VTE Royal Thai Navy 1947 2012

Algerines sunk in action

Five Algerines were sunk in action, and four others were declared constructive total losses after sustaining damage.[5]

References

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Bibliography

External links

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 Lenton, pp. 260–261
  2. Chesneau, p. 65
  3. Elliott, pp. 307–308
  4. Elliott, p. 352
  5. 5,0 5,1 Elliott, p. 314
  6. Elliott, p. 355
  7. Шаблон:Cite web
  8. 8,0 8,1 8,2 8,3 Conway, p. 65
  9. Conway, p.65; Elliott p.312 says Toronto Shipbuilding Co.
  10. 10,0 10,1 Шаблон:Cite web