Allied Warships

Minesweepers

The Auk class minesweeper USS Pioneer (AM 105) of the US Navy.

All Minesweeper classes

The list is divided by navy, then ordered by commissioned date of each class (oldest first).

		Commissioned
French Navy
	Elan (15)	1939 - 1940
	Chamois (4)	1939 - 1940
Royal Australian Navy
	Bathurst (60)	1940 - 1944
Royal Canadian Navy
	Fundy (4)	1938 - 1938
	no class name (1)	1939 - 1939
	Llewellyn (10)	1942 - 1944
Royal Navy
	Hunt (25)	1917 - 1919
	Halcyon (21)	1934 - 1939
	MMS I (302)	1940 - 1946
	Bangor (94)	1940 - 1945
	Algerine (110)	1942 - 1945
	MMS II (95)	1942 - 1945
Royal Dutch Navy
	M (4)	1918 - 1918
	A (4)	1930 - 1930
	Jan van Amstel (10)	1937 - 1943
Italian Navy
	RD (8)	1917 - 1919
Polish Navy
	Jaskolka (6)	1935 - 1939
US Navy
	Lapwing (48)	1918 - 1920
	Raven (2)	1940 - 1940
	Accentor (70)	1941 - 1942
	YMS (485)	1942 - 1945
	Auk (95)	1942 - 1945
	Adroit (18)	1942 - 1943
	Admirable (110)	1943 - 1945

24 ship classes.

Please note that we list the classes by navies that initiated/owned the class. Often vessels of certain classes were then built for other nations (or lent), those ships are not visible here but only through the navies pages or by looking into each class.

War losses: Minesweepers

	Date	Vessel	Class
1939
	8 Sep 1939	HNMS Willem van Ewijck (i)	Jan van Amstel
	14 Sep 1939	ORP Czapla (CP)	Jaskolka
	14 Sep 1939	ORP Jaskolka (J)	Jaskolka
1940
	3 Feb 1940	HMS Sphinx (J 69)	Halcyon
	30 Apr 1940	HMS Dunoon (J 52)	Hunt
	13 May 1940	HNMS M 2	M
	14 May 1940	HNMS Abraham van der Hulst	Jan van Amstel
	14 May 1940	HNMS M 1	M
	14 May 1940	HNMS M 3	M
	14 May 1940	HNMS M 4	M
	14 May 1940	HNMS Pieter Florisz	Jan van Amstel
	1 Jun 1940	HMS Skipjack (J 38)	Halcyon
	17 Oct 1940	HMS Dundalk (J 60)	Hunt
	19 Oct 1940	HMCS Bras d'Or
1941
	31 Jan 1941	HMS Huntley (J 56)	Hunt
	4 May 1941	HMS Fermoy (J 40)	Hunt
	7 May 1941	HMS Stoke (J 33)	Hunt
	20 May 1941	HMS Widnes (J 55)	Hunt
	7 Aug 1941	HMS MMS 39 (J 539)	MMS I
	8 Dec 1941	USS Penguin (AM 33)	Lapwing
	10 Dec 1941	USS Bittern (AM 36)	Lapwing
1942
	13 Feb 1942	HMS MMS 180 (J 680)	MMS I
	1 Mar 1942	HNMS A	A
	2 Mar 1942	HNMS B	A
	2 Mar 1942	HNMS D	A
	4 Mar 1942	HMS MMS 51 (J 551)	MMS I
	6 Mar 1942	HNMS C	A
	6 Mar 1942	HNMS Pieter de Bitter	Jan van Amstel
	8 Mar 1942	HNMS Eland Dubois	Jan van Amstel
	8 Mar 1942	HNMS Jan van Amstel	Jan van Amstel
	5 Apr 1942	HMS Abingdon (J 23)	Hunt
	10 Apr 1942	USS Finch (AM 9)	Lapwing
	4 May 1942	USS Pigeon (ASR 6)	Lapwing
	4 May 1942	USS Tanager (AM 5)	Lapwing
	5 May 1942	USS Quail (i) (AM 15)	Lapwing
	27 May 1942	HMS Fitzroy (i) (J 03)	Hunt
	7 Jun 1942	USS Gannet (AVP 8)	Lapwing
	24 Jun 1942	HMS Gossamer (J 63)	Halcyon
	5 Jul 1942	HMS Niger (i) (J 73)	Halcyon
	12 Jul 1942	HNMS Terschelling (i) (FY 174)	MMS I
	20 Sep 1942	HMS Leda (J 93)	Halcyon
	8 Nov 1942	FR La Surprise	Chamois
	9 Nov 1942	HMS Cromer (J 128)	Bangor
	15 Nov 1942	HMS Algerine (J 213)	Algerine
	1 Dec 1942	HMAS Armidale (J 240)	Bathurst
	31 Dec 1942	HMS Bramble (i) (J 11)	Halcyon
1943
	2 Jan 1943	HMS Alarm (J 140)	Algerine
	2 Jan 1943	USS Grebe (AM 43)	Lapwing
	20 Feb 1943	USS YMS-133 (YMS-133)	YMS
	12 May 1943	HMS MMS 89 (J 589)	MMS I
	11 Jun 1943	HMAS Wallaroo (J 222)	Bathurst
	29 Jun 1943	USS Redwing (ARS 4)	Lapwing
	12 Jul 1943	USS Sentinel (AM 113)	Auk
	19 Sep 1943	HMS BYMS 2019 (J 819)	YMS
	24 Sep 1943	HMS MMS 70 (J 570)	MMS I
	25 Sep 1943	USS Skill (AM 115)	Auk
	11 Oct 1943	HMS Hythe (J 194)	Bangor
	23 Oct 1943	HMS Cromarty (J 09)	Bangor
	31 Oct 1943	HMCS Chedabucto (J 168)	Bangor
	22 Nov 1943	HMS Hebe (J 24)	Halcyon
	18 Dec 1943	HMS Felixstowe (J 126)	Bangor
	31 Dec 1943	HMS Clacton (J 151)	Bangor
1944
	22 Jan 1944	USS Portent (AM 106)	Auk
	25 Jan 1944	USS YMS-30 (YMS-30)	YMS
	20 May 1944	HNMS Marken (i) (FY 227)	MMS I
	5 Jun 1944	USS Osprey (AM 56)	Raven
	7 Jun 1944	USS Tide (AM 125)	Auk
	11 Jun 1944	USS Partridge (AM 16)	Lapwing
	13 Jun 1944	HMS MMS 229 (J 729)	MMS I
	24 Jun 1944	HMS MMS 8 (J 508)	MMS I
	29 Jun 1944	USS Valor (AMc-108)	Accentor
	2 Jul 1944	HMS MMS 1019 (FY 1019)	MMS II
	2 Jul 1944	USS YMS-350 (YMS-350)	YMS
	6 Jul 1944	HMS Cato (J 16)	Auk
	6 Jul 1944	HMS Magic (J 400)	Auk
	8 Jul 1944	HMS Pylades (J 401)	Auk
	9 Jul 1944	USS Swerve (AM 121)	Auk
	10 Jul 1944	HMS MMS 55 (J 555)	MMS I
	30 Jul 1944	USS YMS-304 (YMS-304)	YMS
	30 Jul 1944	USS YMS-378 (YMS-378)	YMS
	16 Aug 1944	HMS BYMS 2022 (J 822)	YMS
	16 Aug 1944	USS YMS-24 (YMS-24)	YMS
	22 Aug 1944	HMS Rattler (J 217)	Algerine
	27 Aug 1944	HMS Britomart (J 22)	Halcyon
	27 Aug 1944	HMS Hussar (J 82)	Halcyon
	1 Sep 1944	HMS MMS 117 (J 617)	MMS I
	1 Sep 1944	USS YMS-21 (YMS-21)	YMS
	12 Sep 1944	USS YMS-409 (YMS-409)	YMS
	14 Sep 1944	HMS MMS 278 (J 778)	MMS I
	24 Sep 1944	USS YMS-19 (YMS-19)	YMS
	1 Oct 1944	USS YMS-385 (YMS-385)	YMS
	5 Oct 1944	HMS BYMS 2255 (J 1055)	YMS
	8 Oct 1944	HMS BYMS 2030 (J 830)	YMS
	12 Oct 1944	HMS MMS 170 (J 670)	MMS I
	15 Oct 1944	RHS Kassos	YMS
	15 Oct 1944	RHS Kos	YMS
	17 Oct 1944	USS YMS-70 (YMS-70)	YMS
	18 Oct 1944	HMAS Geelong (J 201)	Bathurst
	25 Oct 1944	HMS BYMS 2077 (J 877)	YMS
	29 Nov 1944	HMS MMS 101 (J 601)	MMS I
	11 Dec 1944	HMS MMS 257 (J 757)	MMS I
	24 Dec 1944	HMCS Clayoquot (J 174)	Bangor
1945
	1945	HMS MMS 77 (J 577)	MMS I
	11 Jan 1945	USS YMS-14 (YMS-14)	YMS
	12 Jan 1945	HMS Regulus (ii) (J 327)	Algerine
	30 Jan 1945	HMS MMS 248 (J 748)	MMS I
	4 Feb 1945	HMS MMS 68 (J 568)	MMS I
	14 Feb 1945	USS YMS-48 (YMS-48)	YMS
	17 Mar 1945	HMCS Guysborough (J 52)	Bangor
	28 Mar 1945	USS Skylark (AM 63)	Auk
	3 Apr 1945	USS YMS-71 (YMS-71)	YMS
	8 Apr 1945	USS YMS-103 (YMS-103)	YMS
	16 Apr 1945	HMCS Esquimalt (J 272)	Bangor
	22 Apr 1945	USS Swallow (AM 65)	Auk
	28 Apr 1945	HMS BYMS 2053 (J 853)	YMS
	2 May 1945	USS YMS-481 (YMS-481)	YMS
	8 Jun 1945	USS Salute (AM 294)	Admirable
	18 Jun 1945	USS YMS-50 (YMS-50)	YMS
	25 Jun 1945	HMS MMS 168 (J 668)	MMS I
	26 Jun 1945	USS YMS-365 (YMS-365)	YMS
	26 Jun 1945	USS YMS-39 (YMS-39)	YMS
	9 Jul 1945	USS YMS-84 (YMS-84)	YMS
	24 Jul 1945	HMS Squirrel (J 301)	Algerine
	26 Jul 1945	HMS Vestal (J 215)	Algerine