Minesweeper of the Halcyon class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Halcyon |
| Pennant | J 02 |
| Built by | William Gray & Co. (Hartepool, U.K.) : N.E. Marine |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 27 May, 1936 |
| Launched | 26 Feb, 1937 |
| Commissioned | 24 Nov, 1937 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Sold 22 April 1949.
Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. W.T.W. Curtis, RN
28 January 1939 – 14 September 1940
Lt.Cdr. John Richard Arthur Seymour, RN
14 September 1940 – 8 August 1942
Lt. George Collas Hocart, RNR (retired)
8 August 1942 – 5 January 1943
Lt.Cdr. L.C. Smith, RN
5 January 1943 - ???
T/A/Lt.Cdr. John Crawford, RNVR
??? – Still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Hazard include: 26 May, 1942
HMS Hazard (Lt.Cdr. J.R.A. Seymour, RN) picks up 28 survivors from the American merchant Syros that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-703 about 200 nautical miles south-west of Bear Island in position 72º35'N, 05º30'E. 5 Feb, 1945
HMS Hazard and HMT Sir Lancelot both pick up survivors from the American merchant Henry B. Plant that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-245 about 17 nautical miles east of Ramsgate in position 51º19'N, 01º42'E. |
