Minesweeper of the Algerine class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Algerine |
| Pennant | J 294 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 11 Jan, 1943 |
| Launched | 19 Aug, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 12 Nov, 1943 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Scrapped on 7 March 1962.
Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Thomas Fraser, DSC, RNR
October 1943 – 28 March 1944
T/A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Benjamin Blake, RNVR
28 March 1944 – October 1945
Lt.Cdr. J.R.F.W. Green, OBE, DSC, RN
October 1945 > |
| Noteable events involving Pincher include: 22 Feb, 1945
The German submarine U-300 was sunk in the North Atlantic west of Cadiz, in position 36º29'N, 08º20'W, by depth charges and gunfire from the British minesweepers HMS Recruit (A/Cdr. A.E. Doran, DSC, RN) and HMS Pincher (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.B. Blake, RNVR) and the British armed yacht Evadne (A/T/Lt.Cdr. N.H. Richards, RNR). (see map) |
