HMS Saltash (J62)

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HMS Saltash (J62) was a Royal Navy Hunt class minesweeper which was launched 25 June 1918 and served through the latter part of World War I as well as through all of World War II. She was involved in the evacuation of Dunkirk, during which, on June 1, 1940, she sank HMS Havant (H32) after Havant had been heavily damaged by German aircraft. Saltash later returned to northern France as part of the Normandy landings in 1944. She was decommissioned on 13 March 1947.

HMS Saltash was armed with a 4-inch LA forward and a 12 pounder AA. She was named after the town of Saltash in south-east Cornwall, United Kingdom.