HMS Juniper (T123)

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

She served in World War II, and was sunk on June 8, 1940 in the Norwegian Sea at the close of the Norwegian Campaign when she was hit by gunfire from the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper (Operation Juno).

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