| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Algerine |
| Pennant | J 298 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 20 Apr 1943 |
| Launched | 26 Oct 1943 |
| Commissioned | 14 Jan 1944 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | HMS Recruit in company with the 7th Mine Sweeping Flottilla led the massive invasion fleet from Portsmouth Roads across the channel to the Normandy beach-heads. The flotilla commander {MSF7} Captain George Nelson in HMS Pelorus was inspirational if only in name. Operated in the Red Sea during 1947-1948. Scrapped in September 1965. Commanding Officers: A/Cdr. Andrew Edward Doran, DSC, RN |
Commands listed for HMS Recruit (J 298)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | George Edward Walter Wentworth Bayly, RNVR | 8 Dec 1943 | 9 Nov 1944 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Andrew Edward Doran, RN | 9 Nov 1944 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Recruit 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)