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HMT Juniper (T123) was a Tree-class minesweeping trawler of the Royal Navy. She was built by Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow) Ltd. at Port Glasgow, launched on 15 December 1939, and commissioned on 9 March 1940.

A steel vessel of 545 tons, Juniper measured Шаблон:Convert in length with a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a mean draft of Шаблон:Convert A single triple expansion reciprocating engine of Шаблон:Convert gave her a speed of Шаблон:Convert. The crew numbered 4 officers and 36 men. Armament comprised a 12pdr AA gun, three 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns, and 30 depth charges.[1]

Juniper served in the early months of the Second World War and was sunk on 8 June 1940 in the Norwegian Sea at the close of the Norwegian Campaign. The previous day the German naval squadron under Vizeadmiral Wilhelm Marschall received Luftwaffe reports of two groups of ships. Marschall decided on his own initiative to attack the southernmost group, which was escorted by Juniper. On the morning of 8 June, Marschall (with the battleships Шаблон:Ship and Шаблон:Ship, heavy cruiser Шаблон:Ship, and four destroyers) intercepted the British ships, sinking Juniper, the tanker Oil Pioneer, and the empty troopship Orama; they spared the hospital ship Atlantis. Juniper was sunk by gunfire from Admiral Hipper.[2]

Marschall then sent Admiral Hipper and the destroyers to Trondheim to refuel. Later that same day, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau encountered and sank the aircraft carrier Шаблон:HMS and the destroyers Шаблон:HMS and Шаблон:HMS.[2]

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  1. Robert Gardiner (ed. dir.), Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946,, p. 66. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1980
  2. 2,0 2,1 Richard Humble, Hitler's High Seas Fleet, p. 57. New York: Ballantine Books, 1971.