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126-ft Admiralty-type motor minesweepers (1942 - 1946)

MMS1001 1943

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
MMS1001     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport   5.4.1943 7.1943 sold 5.1948
MMS1002     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport   30.9.1943 1.1944 degaussing vessel DGV400 1950
MMS1003     Wivenhoe Shipyard, Southampton   2.6.1943 9.1943 degaussing vessel DGV401 1950
MMS1004     Wivenhoe Shipyard, Southampton   2.10.1943 1.1944 degaussing vessel DGV402 1950
MMS1005     East Anglian Constructors, Oulton Broad   30.7.1942 1.1943 to Soviet Union 1.1944 (T-121)
MMS1006     Richards Ironworks, Lowestoft   24.11.1942 3.1943 sold 1.1947
MMS1007     East Anglian Constructors, Oulton Broad   6.3.1943 6.1943 sold 5.1947
MMS1008     East Anglian Constructors, Oulton Broad   22.5.1943 8.1943 sold 3.1947
MMS1009     Wivenhoe Shipyard   9.12.1942 2.1943 sold 4.1947
MMS1010     Wivenhoe Shipyard   9.3.1943 6.1943 sold 1.1946
MMS1011     Wivenhoe Shipyard   2.6.1943 8.1943 degaussing vessel DGV403 1950
MMS1012 1952- M1012   Wivenhoe Shipyard   4.8.1943 10.1943 sold 10.1958
MMS1013     George Forbes, Peterhead   24.12.1942 5.1943 sold 12.1946
MMS1014     P. K. Harris, Appledore   9.1.1943 6.1943 // --- to Netherlands 1943 before completion (Tholen)
MMS1015   82 Herd & McKenzie, Buckie   20.1.1943 6.1943 sold 10.1946
MMS1016   83 Herd & McKenzie, Buckie   19.6.1943 9.1943 to Denmark 8.1945 (ME1016)
MMS1017 1952- M1017   Wilson Noble, Fraserburgh   11.9.1942 1.1943 RNVR tender Curzon 1947 - 1952, sold 12.1958
MMS1018     Walter Reekie, Anstruther   6.2.1943 7.1943 sold 10.1946
MMS1019     J. W. & A. Upham, Brixham   9.6.1943 8.1943 sunk 2.7.1944
MMS1020 1952- M1020   J. W. & A. Upham, Brixham   1.10.1943 2.1944 sold 8.1955
MMS1021     Wilson Noble, Fraserburgh   12.12.1942 4.1943 sold 11.1946
MMS1022     J. S. Doig, Grimsby   23.11.1942 2.1943 to Netherlands 12.1943 (Walcheren)
MMS1023     Humphrey & Smith, Grimsby   22.10.1942 12.1942 to Soviet Union 12.1943 (T-122)
MMS1024     Wilson Noble, Fraserburgh   6.3.1943 7.1943 to France 1.1946 - 10.1947 (D343), sold 3.1948
MMS1025     Humphrey & Smith, Grimsby   25.2.1943 5.1943 // --- to Netherlands 1943 before completion (Wieringen)
MMS1026     J. S. Doig, Grimsby   8.3.1943 6.1943 // --- to Netherlands 1943 before completion (Ijsselmonde)
MMS1027     East Anglian Constructors, Oulton Broad   17.8.1943 12.1943 sold 11.1946, to Belgium (MMS1027)
MMS1028     Wivenhoe Shipyard   18.10.1943 1.1944 sold 1946
MMS1029     J. W. & A. Upham, Brixham   4.8.1944 3.1945 sold 5.1946
MMS1030 1954- M1030   Philip, Dartmouth   20.7.1943 10.1943 RNVR tender Humber 1948 - 1954, sold 1.1959
MMS1031     P. K. Harris, Appledore   17.9.1943 11.1943 sold 1946
MMS1032     Frank Curtis, Par   23.3.1943 8.1943 to France 1.1946-10/1947 (D342), sold 4.1951
MMS1033     Frank Curtis, Par   21.5.1943 11.1943 to France 1.1946 - 10.1947 (D345), sold 2.1948
MMS1034 1952- M1034   Frank Curtis, Par   21.6.1943 6.1944 RNVR tender Kilmorey 1948 - 1952, sold 12.1955
MMS1035 1951- M1035   Frank Curtis, Totnes   7.2.1943 7.1943 sold 3.1954
MMS1036     Frank Curtis, Totnes   25.3.1943 11.1943 to France 1.1946 - 10.1947 (D346), sold 4.1951
MMS1037     Richards Ironworks, Lowestoft   23.12.1942 4.1943 sold 1.1947
MMS1038 1951- M1038   Richards Ironworks, Lowestoft   30.3.1943 8.1943 to Denmark 1945 - 1950 (ME1038), sold 1.1959
MMS1039     Wivenhoe Shipyard, Milford Haven   1943 9.1944 to France 1946 - 10.1947 (D341), sold 7.1948
MMS1040     Frank Curtis, Par   29.10.1943 4.1944 to France 1946 - 10.1947 (D344), sold 2.1947
MMS1041     Walter Reekie, Anstruther   14.9.1943 2.1944 sold 10.1948
MMS1042 1951- M1042   Humphrey & Smith, Grimsby   15.6.1943 9.1943 to Denmark 1945 - 1950 (ME1042), sold 3.1957
MMS1043     Humphrey & Smith, Grimsby   15.6.1943 8.1943 // --- to Netherlands 1943 before completion (Voorne)
MMS1044 1951- M1044 35 Wivenhoe Shipyard   30.12.1943 8/1944 to Denmark 6.1945 - 11.1950 (ME1044), sold 11.1954
MMS1045     George Forbes, Peterhead   4.5.1943 10.1943 sold 3.1948
MMS1046     East Anglian Constructors, Oulton Broad   30.10.1943 3.1944 // --- to Netherlands 1944 before completion (Overflakkee)
MMS1047   84 Herd & McKenzie, Buckie   29.10.1943 1.1944 sold 11.1946
MMS1048 1951- M1048   Wilson Noble, Fraserburgh   3.6.1943 9.1943 RNVR tender Graham 1948 - 1950, sold 7.1957
MMS1049     Wilson Noble, Fraserburgh   18.6.1943 11.1943 sold 1946
MMS1050     Clare SB, Methaghan, Canada   27.11.1943 6.1944 sold 7.1946
MMS1051     Clare SB, Methaghan, Canada   30.12.1943 7.1944 sold 1946
MMS1052     Clare SB, Methaghan, Canada   18.1.1944 8.1944 sold 1946
MMS1053     Clare SB, Methaghan, Canada   29.1.1944 9.1944 sold 1946
MMS1054     Clare SB, Methaghan, Canada   27.4.1944 11.1944 to France 2.1945 - 12.1945, sold 1946
MMS1055     Clare SB, Methaghan, Canada   27.6.1944 11.1944 to France 5.1945 - 1946, sold 1946
MMS1056     Clare SB, Methaghan, Canada   24.7.1944 1.1945 sold 6.1946
MMS1057     Marine Trust, Canada   28.7.1944 1.1945 sold 3.1946
MMS1058     Marine Trust, Canada   26.11.1944 2.1945 sold 5.1946
MMS1059     Marine Trust, Canada   3.2.1945 3.1945 sold 5.1946
MMS1060 1951- M1060   Marine Trust, Canada   20.3.1945 5.1945 sold 1.1958
MMS1061 1951- M1061   Marine Trust, Canada   17.4.1945 6.1945 sold 7.1957
MMS1062     Marine Trust, Canada   14.10.1943 5.1944 sold 1946
MMS1063     Wagstaff & Hatfield, Port Greville, Canada   30.11.1943 6.1944 sold 1946
MMS1064     Wagstaff & Hatfield, Port Greville, Canada   27.3.1944 8.1944 sold 1946
MMS1065     Marine Trust, Canada   20.6.1944 11.1944 to France 6.1945 - early 1946, sold 3.1946
MMS1066     Marine Trust, Canada   6.9.1944 3.1945 sold 1946
MMS1067     Marine Trust, Canada   18.11.1944 2.1945 sold 5.1946
MMS1068     Marine Trust, Canada   1.12.1943 7.1944 sold 3.1946
MMS1069     Fairbanks Morse, Montreal, Canada   7.2.1944 9.1944 to France 5.1945 - 12.1945, sold 1946
MMS1070     Vaughan SB, Fredericton, Canada   24.5.1944 10.1944 sold 3.1946
MMS1071     Marine Trust, Canada   --- --- cancelled 7.1944
MMS1072     Marine Trust, Canada   --- --- cancelled 7.1944
MMS1073     Marine Trust, Canada   --- --- cancelled 7.1944
MMS1074     East Anglian Constructors, Oulton Broad   27.1.1944 4.1944 // --- to Netherlands 1944 before completion (Duiveland)
MMS1075     Frank Curtis, Totnes   17.7.1943 2.1944 RNVR tender Mersey 1948
MMS1076     Frank Curtis, Totnes   15.9.1943 7.1944 sold 1.1947
MMS1077     Frank Curtis, Totnes   29.11.1943 11.1944 RNVR tender Montrose 1948
MMS1078     Frank Curtis, Par // Totnes   19.9.1944 3.1945 sold 5.1946
MMS1079     Frank Curtis, Par   5.8.1944 3.1945 sold 11.1946
MMS1080     Frank Curtis, Par   30.11.1944 3.1945 sold 11.1946
MMS1081     J. S. Doig, Grimsby   16.8.1943 11.1943 sold 5.1946
MMS1082     J. S. Doig, Grimsby   1943 1.1944 // --- to Netherlands 1944 before completion (Schokland)
MMS1083     Wivenhoe Shipyard   12.4.1944 10.1944 sold 1946
MMS1084     Rowhedge Ironworks   4.1944 3.1945 sold 1946
MMS1085     East Anglian Constructors, Oulton Broad   22.4.1944 7.1944 // --- to Norway before completion 7.1944 (Orkla)
MMS1086     East Anglian Constructors, Oulton Broad   3.8.1944 10.1944 // --- to Norway before completion 10.1944 (Vefsna)
MMS1087     Frank Curtis, Totnes   18.12.1944 6.1945 sold 4.1946
MMS1088     Frank Curtis, Totnes   30.3.1945 6.1945 sold 1946
MMS1089, 1950 - Forth     East Anglian Constructors, Oulton Broad   18.10.1944 3.1945 RNVR tender Killiecrankie 1951
MMS1090     Philip, Dartmouth   23.10.1944 1.1945 RNVR tender Bernicia 1948
Alder Lake (RCN) J480   Midland SB, Canada   3.12.1944 9.1945 to Soviet Union 9.1945 (T-196)
Ash Lake (RCN) J481   Midland SB, Canada   --- 9.1948 // --- completed as research vessel
Beech Lake (RCN) J482   Vancouver SY, Canada   31.5.1945 2.1946 to Soviet Union 2.1946 (T-200)
Birch Lake (RCN) J483   Port Carling SB, Canada   1945 1945 // --- completed mercantile
Cedar Lake (RCN) J484   Taylor, Toronto, Canada   1.8.1945 11.1945 to Soviet Union 11.1945 (T-197)
Cherry Lake (RCN) J485   Taylor, Toronto, Canada   1945 1945 // --- completed mercantile
Elm Lake (RCN) J486   Mac Craft, Sarnia, Canada   25.8.1945 11.1945 to Soviet Union 11.1945 (T-198)
Fir Lake (RCN) J487   Mac Craft, Sarnia, Canada   1945 1945 // --- completed mercantile
Hickory Lake (RCN) J488   Grew Boats, Pentetanguishene, Canada   6.11.1944 8.1945 to Soviet Union 8.1945 (T-194)
Larch Lake (RCN) J489   Grew Boats, Pentetanguishene, Canada   8.9.1945 11.1945 to Soviet Union 11.1945 (T-193)
Maple Lake (RCN) J490   Clare SB, Methaghan, Canada   --- --- cancelled 9.1944
Oak Lake (RCN) J491   Clare SB, Methaghan, Canada   --- --- cancelled 9.1944
Pine Lake (RCN) J492   Port Carling SB, Canada   1945 9.1945 // --- to Soviet Union on completion 9.1945 (T-195)
Poplar Lake (RCN) J493   Star SY, New Westminster, Canada   10.5.1945 1/1946 // --- to Soviet Union on completion 1.1946 (T-199)
Spruce Lake (RCN) J494   Star SY, New Westminster, Canada   10.7.1945 3/1946 // --- to Soviet Union on completion 3.1946 (T-201)
Willow Lake (RCN) J495   Newcastle SB, Nanaimo, Canada   27.7.1945 3/1946 // --- to Soviet Union on completion 3.1946 (T-202)

 

Displacement standard, t

 360

Displacement full, t

 430

Length, m

 42.7

Breadth, m

 8.51

Draught, m

 3.15 deep load

No of shafts

 1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

500

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 54
Endurance, nm(kts) 2000(9.5)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV or 2 x 2 -20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Complement

 21

Project history: Enlarged variant of 115ft MMS. Wooden hull, acoustic and magnetic sweeping gears.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: MMS1019 was mined.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

MMS1001 1946

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