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| Catherine Class (ex - US Auk Class) Minesweepers. Photos and history of the Catherine class minesweepers, transferred to the Royal Navy under the lend lease programme in the Second World War from America. | ||
| HMS Catherine | Acquired under lend / lease | To Turkey, March 1947. Renamed Erdemli. Stricken 1963. |
| HMS Cato | Acquired under lend / lease | Sunk 6th July 1944. |
| HMS Chamois | Acquired under lend / lease | Damaged by mine, constructive loss, 21st July 1944. |
| HMS Chance | Acquired under lend / lease | To Turkey, March 1947. Renamed Edremit. Stricken 1973. |
| HMS Combatant | Acquired under lend / lease | Returned to US, 1946. Sold to Greece 1947. |
| HMS Cynthia | Acquired under lend / lease | Returned to US, 1947. |
| HMS Elfreda | Acquired under lend / lease | To Turkey, March 1947. Renamed Cesme. Stricken 1974. |
| HMS Fairy | Acquired under lend / lease | Returned to US, 1946. |
| HMS Florizel | Acquired under lend / lease | Returned to US, 1946. Sold to Greece. |
| HMS Foam | Acquired under lend / lease | Returned to US, 1946. |
| HMS Frolic | Acquired under lend / lease | To Turkey, March 1947. Renamed Candarli. Became survey ship in 60s. Stricken 1986. |
| HMS Gazelle | Acquired under lend / lease | Returned to US, 1946. |
| HMS Gorgon | Acquired under lend / lease | Returned to US, 1946. Sold to Greece. |
| HMS Grecian | Acquired under lend / lease | To Turkey March 1947. Renamed Edincik. Stricken 1974. |
| HMS Jasper | Acquired under lend / lease | Returned to US, 1946. |
| HMS Magic | Acquired under lend / lease | Sunk 6th July 1944. |
| HMS Pique | Acquired under lend / lease | To Turkey March 1947. Renamed Eregli. Stricken 1973 |
| HMS Pylades | Acquired under lend / lease | Sunk 8th July 1944 |
| HMS Steadfast | Acquired under lend / lease | Returned to United States in 1946. Sold to Greece. |
| HMS Strenuous | Acquired under lend / lease | Returned to United States 1946, but laid up until 1956 in the UK. Broken up in Germany, 1956. |
| HMS Tattoo | Acquired under lend / lease | To Turkey, March 1947. Renamed Carsamba. Stricken 1985. |
| HMS Tourmaline | Acquired under lend / lease | To Turkey, March 1947. Renamed Cardak. Stricken 1974. |
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HMS Frolic, August 1946. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP2680 |
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HMS Pylades, January 1944. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP2681 |
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HMS Steadfast, December 1943. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP2682 |
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