Minesweeper Collection

H. M. S. Pincher - Algerine-Class Fleet Minesweeper
H.M.S. Pincher (J294 - later M294) - Algerine-Class Fleet Minesweeper fitted with Turbine propulsion machinery - commissioned in 1943, built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Date: circa 1950s

Royal Navy Minesweepers in action near British shores and in Asiatic Waters. Date: 1945

Paddle steamer Medway Queen, Sheerness, Kent
Paddle steamer Medway Queen, arriving at Sheerness-on-Sea, Kent. During the Second World War she acted as a minesweeper, and made seven evacuation trips from Dunkirk in 1940, rescuing 7000 men

HMS Jewel, British minesweeper M390
HMS Jewel, British Algerine-class minesweeper M390. Date: circa 1960s

HMS Aberdare, British hunt class minesweeper, WW2
HMS Aberdare (J49), British hunt class minesweeper. Date: circa 1943-1944

American submarine chasers, WW1
Six American submarine chasers during the First World War. They served in minesweeping operations in the North Sea. Date: 1917-1918

H. M. S. Mariner (M380) - Algerine-class minesweeper
H.M.S. Mariner (J380 - later M380) - reciprocating engine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper - commissioned in 1944, built by Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Port Arthur. Date: circa 1950s

H. M. S. Cockatrice - Algerine-class minesweeper
H.M.S. Cockatrice (M29) (formerly J229) - reciprocating engine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper - Commissioned in 1943, built by Fleming and Ferguson, Paisley. Date: circa 1950s

WW2 - Minesweeper Otter Float
A photograph which shows some WW2 merchant seamen deploying an otter float upon a minesweeper. Date: circa 1942

WW2 - Minesweeper Apparatus
A photograph depicting some British WW2 merchant seamen lowering some sweeping apparatus from the deck of a minesweeper to sea, by crane. Date: circa 1942

HMS Mutine
Royal Navy - HMS Mutine, a turbine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper, pictured on 1 May 1958 whilst on the reserve at Chatham

Brass anchor chain and propeller from WW1 period
Brass anchor chain and propeller reputedly from a WW1 Royal Navy minesweeper. 21 inches

HMS Seagull, minesweeper
HMS Seagull was a Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat, converted to be a minesweeper. She was built at Chatham Dockyard from 1888-1891

Minesweepers in the North Sea, WW1
Minesweepers in the North Sea, First World War. 1914-1918

HMS Bourne and HMS Snowden, WW1
HMS Bourne 188 (Bournemouth Queen), and HMS Snowden 577, paddle steamers turned into British minesweepers during WW1. Date: circa 1914

HMS Sutton, British minesweeper
HMS Sutton (N78), British Old Hunt class minesweeper. Date: circa 1920

British naval convoy system by G. H. Davis
The method of safeguarding the freedom of the seas: the British naval convoy system at work. Making the high seas safe for Allied

Minesweeper trawling for mines in the North Sea, WW1
A minesweeper trawling for mines in the North Sea on the outbreak of the First World War. A wire rope attached to a weight is dragged along the seabed

HMS Burslem, British minesweeper
HMS Burslem, British Hunt-class minesweeper. Date: 1922

HMS Cornflower, British minesweeping sloop
HMS Cornflower, British Arabis class minesweeping sloop. Date: circa 1920s

American minesweepers, Kirkwall Bay, Orkney, Scotland
American minesweepers and submarine chasers in Kirkwall Bay, Orkney, Scotland, 9 August 1919. Date: 1919

Crew of HMS Cornflower, British minesweeping sloop
Four crew members of HMS Cornflower, British minesweeping sloop. Date: circa 1920s

HMS Scarborough, British minesweeper, with crew on deck. Date: circa 1940

Big fighting ships auxiliaries by G. H. Davis
Navy notes of the week. A big fighting ships auxiliaries: some little-known members of the British fleet. 1912

Mines and torpedoes by G. H. Davis
Navy Notes of the Week: the question of mines and torpedoes. Showing naval minesweepers at work, sweeping a wire across an underwater mine field; a modern high-speed long-range torpedo;

Submarine incident in North Sea by G. H. Davis
A submarine incident in the North Sea. How the sinking of the German cruiser Hela was accomplished (top). Two other illustrations relate to

Battle fleet going into action by G. H. Davis
The formation of a battle fleet (ships with attendant cruisers, destroyers and minesweepers) steaming into action during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Bow of a Naval minesweeper, WWII
Gun crew on the circular table of a British naval minesweeper going through a practice Date: 1939

Fleet Minesweeper sinking after striking a mine, WW1
A Fleet Minesweeper sinking after striking a mine during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Brunei released from rebel hands
Casualties of the operation: Royal Marines of 42 Commando and two naval ratings from the minesweeper Chawton arriving back at Labuan

A Minesweeper by George Ranstead
Original pen and ink drawing of a British minesweeper trawling the seas for mines during World War One

Minelaying in Thames
The German minelayer Konigin Luise is laying mines in the Thames estuary, to annoy British shipping using the Thames, when she is attacked by a British minesweeper

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