Allied Warships

HMS Waglan (J 211)

Minesweeper of the Bangor class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBangor 
PennantJ 211 
Built byTaikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co. (Hongkong) 
Ordered27 Sep 1940 
Laid down12 Jul 1941 
Launched 
Commissioned 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Seaford was renamed Waglan in September 1941 while under construction.
Captured on the stocks by the Japanese at the fall of Hong Kong.
Launched by the Japanese on 20 March 1943.
Commissioned by the Japanse in 1944 as W 102.
Heavily damaged by American aircraft off Keelung on 3 February 1945.
Returned to the Royal Navy in 1947.
Scrapped in 1948.

 
Former nameHMS Seaford

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