HMS Speedy (J17)

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HMS Speedy was a Halcyon class minesweeper that saw service in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was built by William Hamilton & Co. at Port Glasgow, Scotland and completed at J. S. White & Co. at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was commissioned in 1939. Her pennant number was N 17, later J 17.

HMS Speedy saw service in the Mediterranean Sea based at Malta as part of 14th/17th Minesweeper Flotilla.

HMS Speedy was sold into mercantile service in 1946 and renamed Speedon. She was scrapped at Aden in 1957.

[edit] Sources

• Warships of World War II, by H. T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge, pub. Ian Allen Ltd.

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• HMS Speedy (J 17)
• Minesweeping at Malta