| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Halcyon |
| Pennant | J 71 |
| Built by | Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 11 Jul 1933 |
| Launched | 17 Apr 1934 |
| Commissioned | 9 Nov 1934 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Laid up at Parkstone Quay after being decommissioned. Sold on 6 June 1950. Commanding Officers: Cdr. Eric Perceval Hinton, MVO, DSO, RN Cdr. Alan David Hastings Jay, DSC, RN Cdr. Harry Ernest Huston Nicholls, DSC, RN Cdr. John Foster Cochrane, RN A/Cdr. Trevor George Payne Crick, OBE, DSC and Bar, RN |
Commands listed for HMS Harrier (J 71)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. (retired) Brian Lane Clark, RN (retired) | 15 Jun 1939 | 17 Dec 1940 |
| 2 | Cdr. Eric Percival Hinton, DSO, RN | 17 Dec 1940 | 16 Jul 1942 |
| 3 | Cdr. Alan David Hastings Jay, DSC, RN | 16 Jul 1942 | Oct 1943 |
| 4 | Cdr. Harry Ernest Huston Nicholls, RN | Oct 1943 | 28 Aug 1944 |
| 5 | Cdr. John Foster Cochrane, RN | 28 Aug 1944 | Dec 1944 |
| 6 | Lt.Cdr. Trevor George Payne Crick, DSC, OBE, RN | Dec 1944 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Harrier include:
30 Mar 1942
HMS Harrier (Cdr. A.D.H. Jay, DSC, RN) picks up 17 survivors from the American merchant Effingham that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-435 in the Barents Sea in position 70º28'N, 35º44'E.
3 Feb 1943
HMS Harrier (Cdr. A.D.H. Jay, DSO, DSC, RN) picks up 4 survivors from the American merchant Greylock that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-255 in the Norwegian Sea in position 70º52'N, 00º21'W. The Greylock was later sunk by gunfire by one of the escorts.