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The forgotten fleets that fought the Japanese in the Pacific and Indian Oceans


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Algerine class minesweeper


 

Pennant No. J350 / B262

 

Battle Honours


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Specifications

 

Builder: Redfern Construction Ltd. Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Displacement: 733 tons

Length: 186 ft

Beam: 31 ft

Draught: 8 ft 6 in

Propulsion: triple expansion engine, 2 shafts. 2,000 hp

Speed: 15 Knots

Armament: 1   12 Ponder, later1 × QF 4 inch Mk XIX gun, 3 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (later 4), 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun (installed later), 2 x.303 Vickers machine guns, 40 Depth charges (4 throwers and 2 chutes)

 Crew complement: 85

 

Commanding Officers

Lt. James Arthur Way, RN 13 Jul 1944
A/Lt. Cdr. Charles Delphin Abbott, DSC, RNR 19 Oct 1944
Cdr. Roger William David Thomson, DSC, RN 25 Feb 1945 - mid 1946

 

 

 

 

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Reminiscences


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Gallery


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H.M.S. COQUETTE

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Early history

An Algerine class minesweeper

Allocated to the Eastern Fleet

In October she was allocated

Eastern Fleet service resumed

On release from duties in the

 

Allocated to the British Pacific Fleet

On January 26th 1945 s

 

Post War history

HMS. COQUETTE was in

 

Notes:

1 RANR(S) = Royal Australian Navy Reserve (Seagoing)
2 RAN Bathurst Class minesweepers transferred to the Royal Netherlands NavyBURNIE - Jul 46 (HLMNS CERAM), CAIRNS - Feb 46 (HLMNS AMBON), IPSWICH - Jul 46 (HLMNS MORATAI), KALGOORLIE - Aug 46 (HLMNS TERNATE), LISMORE - Jul 46 (HLMNS BATJAN), TAMWORTH - Apr 46(HLMNS TIDORE), TOOWOOMBA – Jun 46 (HLMNS BOEROE), and WOLLONGONG – Feb 46 (HLMNS BANDA)

Last modified: 23 February 2023

 


Primary information sources

Additional sources:

EASTERN FLEET -War Diary December 1942 on-line at www.naval-history.net accessed 2 Feb 2020
LEVANT COMMAND War Diary September to November 1943 On-line at www.naval-history.net accessed 30 Jan 2020
EASTERN FLEET -War Diary January to October 1945 on-line at www.naval-history.net accessed 30 Jan 2020

 



 

 

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