Minesweeper (ship) - Notable Minesweepers

Notable Minesweepers

  • HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen – famous for her escape from Surabaya in 1942 disguised as a tropical island
  • HMS Bronington – formerly commanded by HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
  • Calypso – research vessel of Jacques-Yves Cousteau; the ex-Royal Navy BYMS-class vessel J826
  • USS Hazard – museum ship at Omaha, Nebraska
  • HMS Wilton – the first combined MCMV and the first warship constructed from GRP. Now converted to a yacht club's club house and moored on the foreshore between Leigh-on-Sea and Westcliff in Essex, England
  • USS Lucid - The last surviving U.S. Navy MSO hull, it is in process of being restored as a museum.

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