WWII auxiliary minesweepers

100 - 1000 BRT:

Africana (1930, 313, 1 - 76/40, 9.1939 - 4.1947), William Messina (1925, 120, 1942 - 1946)

Project history: requisitioned merchant vessels used as minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Format of date including day/month/year means loss of the vessel. Format of date containing month/year means return to owner or conversion to miscellaneous vessel. There were many coasters, tugs and other vessels used as minesweepers with tonnage less than 100 BRT.