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HMS Speedy (J 17)

Minesweeper of the Halcyon class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassHalcyon 
PennantJ 17 
Built byWilliam Hamilton & Co. (Port Glasgow, Scotland): J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Dec, 1937 
Launched23 Nov, 1938 
Commissioned7 Apr, 1939 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Sold 5 November 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. John Curthoys Richards, RN
April 1939 – 19 March 1941

Lt. John Geoffrey Brookes, RN
19 March 1941 – May 1943
DSC awarded on 24 March 1942

Cdr. Andrew Edward Doran, DSC, RN
May 1943 - ???

HMS Speedy in dockyard control during repairs

A/Lt.Cdr. Wilfred Louis Gerard Dutton, RNR
1 March 1944 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 

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