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This is a list of  Algerine Class Minesweepers used in World War 2.

The first to be completed was HMS Algerine which gave its name to the entire Class. The last to be completed was HMS Fierce.

Name Completed Pennant Builder (see key below)
Acute 30/7/1942 J106 HW
Alarm 18/5/1942 J140 HW
Albacore 16/6/1942 J101 HW
Algerine 24/4/1942 J213 HW
Antares 23/8/1943 J282 TS
Arcturus 23/10/1942 J283 RC
Aries 17/7/1943 J284 TS
Bramble 28/6/1945 J273 LC
Brave 3/4/1943 J305 BSB & DD
Cadmus 9/9/1942 J230 HW
Chameleon 14/8/1944 J387 HW
Cheerful 13/10/1944 J388 HW
Circe 27/6/1942 J214 HW
Clinton 25/8/1943 J286 TS
Cockatrice 10/4/1943 J229 FF
Coquette 13/7/1944 J350 RC
Courier 31/9/1944 J349 RC
Espiegle 1/12/1942 J216 HW
Fancy 5/4/1943 J308 BSB & DD
Fantome 22/9/1942 J224 HW
Felicity 10/8/1944 J369 RC
Fierce 28/11/1945 J453 LC
Fly 20/10/1942 J306 LC
Flyingfish 16/2/1944 J370 RC
Golden Fleece 29/9/1944 J376 RC
Gozo 9/9/1943 J287 RC
Hare 10/11/1944 J389 HW
Hound 11/12/1942 J307 LC
Hydra 29/9/1942 J275 LC
Jaseur 19/4/1944 J428 RC
Jewel 9/12/1944 J390 HW
Laertes 2/3/1945 J433 RC
Larne 22/11/1943 J274 LC
Lennox 18/1/1944 J276 LC
Liberty 22/8/1944 J391 HW
Lightfoot 19/10/1943 J299 RC
Lioness 11/12/1944 J377 RC
Loyalty 22/4/1943 J217 HW
Lysander 21/11/1943 J379 PAS
Maenad 16/11/1944 J335 RC
Magicienne 24/6/1944 J436 RC
Mameluke 19/7/1944 J437 RC
Mandate 22/3/1945 J438 RC
Mariner 23/5/1945 J380 PAS
Marmion 29/6/1945 J381 PAS
Marvel 2/4/1945 J443 RC
Mary Rose 24/4/1945 J360 RC
Melita 20/12/1943 J289 RC
Michael 21/5/1945 J444 RC
Minstrel 7/6/1945 J445 RC
Moon 6/7/1944 J329 RC
Mutine 26/2/1943 J227 HW
Myrmidon 9/7/1945 J454 RC
Mystic 2/8/1945 J455 RC
Nerissa 28/8/1945 J456 RC
Niger 21/9/1945 J442 LC
Octavia 31/12/1942 J290 RC
Onyx 26/3/1943 J221 HW
Orcadia 11/8/1945 J462 PAS
Orestes 10/4/1943 J277 LC
Ossory 3/8/1944 J463 PAS
Pelorus 7/10/1943 J291 LC
Pickle 15/10/1943 J293 HW
Pincher 12/11/1943 J294 HW
Plucky 10/12/1943 J295 HW
Pluto 21/10/1944 J446 PAS
Polaris 13/12/1944 J447 PAS
Postillion 18/3/1943 J286 RC
Prompt 30/3/1944 J378 RC
Providence 15/5/1944 J325 RC
Pyrrhus 2/11/1945 J448 PAS
Rattlesnake 23/6/1943 J297 LC
Ready 21/5/1943 J223 HW
Recruit 14/1/1944 J298 HW
Regulus 20/5/1944 J327 RC
Rifleman 11/2/1944 J299 HW
Rinaldo 18/6/1943 J225 HW
Romola 3/5/1945 J449 PAS
Rosamund 10/7/1945 J439 PAS
Rosario 3/4/1943 J219 HW
Rowena 6/9/1944 J384 LC
Seabear 22/6/1944 J333 RC
Serene 14/9/1944 J354 RC
Skipjack 29/4/1944 J300 RC
Spanker 20/4/1943 J226 HW
Squirrel 16/8/1944 J301 HW
Stormcloud 28/3/1944 J367 LC
Sylvia 17/5/1944 J382 LC
Tanganyika 7/7/1944 J383 LC
Thisbe 8/6/1944 J302 RC
Truelove 3/4/1944 J303 RC
Vestal 10/9/1943 J215 HW
Waterwitch 6/9/1943 J304 LC
Wave 14/11/1944 J385 LC
Welfare 4/4/1944 J356 RC
Welcome 20/1/1945 J386 LC

Key to Builders' Names

Initials Builder
HW Harland & Wolf
RC Redfern Construction
TS Toronto Shipyard
LC Lobnitz & Co. Ltd
BSB & DD Blyth S.B. & D.D. Co.
PAS Port Arthur Shipyards
FF Fleming & Ferguson

HMS Pyrrhus - the last minesweeper to be built at Port Arthur Shipyards (contributed by Gord Henderson from Ontario, Canada).