| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Minelayer |
| Class | Abdiel |
| Pennant | M 01 |
| Mod | 2nd Group |
| Built by | Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 28 May 1941 |
| Laid down | 10 Oct 1941 |
| Launched | 5 Apr 1943 |
| Commissioned | 12 Feb 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped in November 1962. |
Commands listed for HMS Apollo (M 01)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. John Annesley Grindle, RN | 29 Nov 1943 | 13 Jun 1945 |
| 2 | Capt. Leslie Newton Brownfield, RN | 13 Jun 1945 | mid 1946 |
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Notable events involving Apollo include:
14 Mar 1944
HMS Trusty (Lt. M.F.R. Ainslie, DSO, DSC, RN) conducts attack exercises with HMS Apollo (Capt. J.A. Grindle, CBE, RN). (1)
3 Jan 1945
HrMs Zeehond (Lt.Cdr. Baron D.T. Mackay, RNN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow with HMS Mauritius (Capt. C.A.E. Stanfield, RN) and HMS Apollo (Capt. J.A. Grindle, CBE, RN). (2)
Sources
- ADM 173/19123
- 2.12.03.7152 (Dutch Archives, The Hague)
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.