HMS Welcome (J386)

Career (United Kingdom)
Name: HMS Welcome
Ordered: 19 December 1942
Builder: Lobnitz & Co. Ltd, Renfrew
Laid down: 3 May 1944
Launched: 14 November 1944
Commissioned: 20 January 1945
Fate: Scrapped by 3 May 1962
General characteristics
Class and type:Algerine-class minesweeper
Displacement:1122 tons
Length:225 ft (69 m)
Beam:35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Propulsion:Reciprocating engines
2 shafts
2,000 shp (1,500 kW)
Complement:85 men
Armament:
  • 1 x 4" AA gun
  • 4 x 20mm guns (4x1)
Notes:Pennant number J386

HMS Welcome was an Algerine class ocean minesweeper of the Royal Navy. She was ordered on 19 December 1942 and was built by Lobnitz & Co. Ltd, Renfrew, Scotland. She was laid down on 3 May 1944 and launched on 14 November 1944 and displaced 860 tons. She was completed in 1945 and commissioned on 20 January 1945. She was assigned for fishery protection in the Fishery Protection Squadron.[1] In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[2]

She was scrapped on 3 May 1962.

References

  1. ↑ Jane's Fighting Ships, 1955-56. p. 56.
  2. ↑ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden

Publications

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.