Allied Warships

HMS MMS 79 (J 579)

Motor minesweeper of the MMS I class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor minesweeper
ClassMMS I 
PennantJ 579 
Built byGeorge Forbes (Peterhead, England, U.K.) 
Ordered5 Sep 1940 
Laid down 
Launched 
Commissioned21 Sep 1941 
End service 
History

Sold in May 1959

 

Commands listed for HMS MMS 79 (J 579)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. John Henry Campbell Collier, RNVR15 Jul 194114 Jun 1945
2T/Lt. Peter Cameron Phillips, RNVR14 Jun 1945early 1946

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