Allied Warships

HMS MMS 288 (J 788)

Motor minesweeper of the MMS I class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor minesweeper
ClassMMS I 
PennantJ 788 
Built byJohn Morris (Gosport, England, U.K.) 
Ordered21 Aug 1942 
Laid down 
Launched24 Mar 1943 
Commissioned18 Jul 1943 
Lost21 Dec 1952 
History

Foundered off Winterton Ness, Norfolk, England on 21 December 1952

 

Commands listed for HMS MMS 288 (J 788)

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1T/Lt. Kenneth Hibbert Travis, RNVR10 Jul 194311 Feb 1946

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