Allied Warships

HMS Linnet (M 69)

Minelayer of the Linnet class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinelayer
ClassLinnet 
PennantM 69 
Built byArdrossan Dockyard (Ardrossan, Scotland) : Ferguson 
Ordered22 Dec 1936 
Laid down 1937 
Launched24 Feb 1938 
Commissioned18 Jun 1938 
End service 
HistoryArrived at Dunston to be scrapped on 11 May 1964. 

Commands listed for HMS Linnet (M 69)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Richard Homewood, RN27 Aug 193718 May 1944
2H A Inglis, RNR18 May 1944mid/late45

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