HMS Squirrel (J301)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Squirrel.

HMS Squirrel being scuttled after having hit a mine, 1945.
Career (United Kingdom)
Name: HMS Squirrel
Ordered: 30 April 1942[1]
Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast[2]
Laid down: 20 August 1943[1]
Launched: 20 April 1944[1]
Commissioned: 16 August 1944[1]
Fate: Hit a mine and subsequently scuttled, 24 July 1945[1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Algerine-class minesweeper
Length: 235'[2]
Beam: 35'6"[2]

HMS Squirrel was an Algerine-class minesweeper launched in 1944 and scuttled off Phuket Island, Thailand in 1945 after being damaged by a mine.

Squirrel was taking part in minesweeping operations off the west coast of the Malay peninsula on 24 July 1945.[3] The operations were supported by the British East Indies Fleet, which defeated a Japanese kamikaze attack on HMS Ameer at the time.[3] However, one ship was lost - the Squirrel, with the loss of seven men.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "HMS Squirrel (J 301)". uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3779.html. Retrieved August 1, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c "NMM, vessel ID 376280". Warship Histories, vol x. National Maritime Museum. http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/pdf/Warship_Histories_Vessels_x.pdf. Retrieved 1 August 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Suicide Plane Attack Fails". The Southeast Missourian. Associated Press: pp. 1. 30 July 1945. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s5soAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RNcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6230,4222255&dq=hms-squirrel&hl=en. Retrieved 1 August 2011. 

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