Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Motor minesweeper |
Class | MMS I |
Pennant | J 570 |
Built by | Richards Ironworks Ltd. (Lowestoft, England, U.K.) |
Ordered | 5 Sep 1940 |
Laid down | |
Launched | 6 Jan 1942 |
Commissioned | 18 May 1942 |
Lost | 24 Sep 1943 |
History | Mined and sunk in the Gulf of Taranto on 24 September 1943 |
Commands listed for HMS MMS 70 (J 570)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lionel Claude Evans, RNVR | 4 May 1942 | 24 Sep 1943 |
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