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Allied Warships

HMS Boston (J 14)

Minesweeper of the Bangor class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBangor 
PennantJ 14 
Built byAilsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Troon, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down27 Nov, 1939 
Launched30 Dec, 1940 
Commissioned26 Jan, 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold on 1 January 1948.

Commanding Officers:
Lt. Derek Harold George Coughlan, RN
24 November 1941 – September 1943

A/Lt.Cdr. Ronald Gresham, RNVR
September 1943 – 22 January 1944

T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.L. Chopin, DSC, RNVR
22 January 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Boston include:

12 Jul, 1943
The Italian submarine Bronzo was captured off Syracuse, Sicily by the British minesweepers HMS Seaham, HMS Boston, HMS Poole and HMS Cromarty.

Bronzo was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS P 714. On 29 Janaury 1944 she was transferred to the Free French as Narval.


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