Allied Warships

HMS MMS 72 (J 572)

Motor minesweeper of the MMS I class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor minesweeper
ClassMMS I 
PennantJ 572 
Built byEast Anglian Constructors (Oulton Broad, England, U.K.) 
Ordered5 Sep 1940 
Laid down 
Launched7 Mar 1942 
CommissionedMay 1942 
End service 
History

Sold in 1946

 

Commands listed for HMS MMS 72 (J 572)

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CommanderFromTo
1A J Dunbar, RNVR2 May 1942mid 1943

2G M C Warnes, RNVRNov 19438 May 1944
3T/Skr. Frederick Cook, RNR8 May 1944late 1945

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