| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Algerine |
| Pennant | J 299 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | 30 Apr 1942 |
| Laid down | 20 Apr 1943 |
| Launched | 25 Nov 1943 |
| Commissioned | 11 Feb 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Rifleman spent some years during the early 1960's in the Vickers Shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness as an accomodation ship for Royal Navy crews attending the building of RN submarines especially the two Polaris Submarines Resolution and Repulse. |
Commands listed for HMS Rifleman (J 299)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Charles Laurence Carroll, DSC, RNR | 16 Jan 1944 | Nov 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Rifleman include:
Two photographs of the crew of HMS Rifleman, both taken at Malta. Photographs with thanks to Vincent Camilleri, Australia.
