| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Algerine |
| Pennant | J 298 |
| Mod | Turbine engined |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | 30 Apr 1942 |
| Laid down | 20 Apr 1943 |
| Launched | 26 Oct 1943 |
| Commissioned | 14 Jan 1944 |
| End service | |
| 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. |
Commands listed for HMS Recruit (J 298)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Cdr. George Edward Walter Wentworth Bayly, RNVR | 8 Dec 1943 | 9 Nov 1944 |
| 2 | A/Cdr. Andrew Edward Doran, DSC, RN | 9 Nov 1944 |
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Notable events involving Recruit include:
31 Jan 1944
HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Recruit (T/Cdr. G.E.W.W. Bayly, RNVR) and HMS Fancy (A/Lt.Cdr. G.A. Simmers, DSC, RNR). (1)
1 Feb 1944
HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Recruit (T/Cdr. G.E.W.W. Bayly, RNVR), HMS Fancy (A/Lt.Cdr. G.A. Simmers, DSC, RNR), HMS Fort York (T/Lt. E.W. De la Mare, RNR) and HMS Steepholm (T/Lt. S.C. Dickenson, RNVR). (1)
2 Feb 1944
HrMs O 10 (Lt.Cdr. A. van Altena, RNN(R)) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Steepholm (T/Lt. S.C. Dickenson, RNVR), HMS Recruit (T/Cdr. G.E.W.W. Bayly, RNVR) and HMS Fancy (A/Lt.Cdr. G.A. Simmers, DSC, RNR). (1)
19 Feb 1945
German U-boat U-300 was badly damaged in the Strait of Gibraltar, in position 35°54'N, 05°43'W, by depth charges from the British armed yacht HMS Evadne (A/T/Lt.Cdr. N.H. Richards, RNR). The U-boat was subsequently sunk by 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) on 22 February.
22 Feb 1945
German U-boat U-300 was sunk in the North Atlantic west of Cadiz, in position 36°29'N, 08°20'W, by 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), after being badly damaged by depth charges from the British armed yacht HMS Evadne (A/T/Lt.Cdr. N.H. Richards, RNR) on 19 February.
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6384 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)