| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | ASW Trawler |
| Class | |
| Pennant | FY 249 |
| Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 22 Sep 1934 |
| Commissioned | Aug 1939 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Completed in November 1934. Renamed Sphene in February 1940. |
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Noteable events involving Avanturine include:
15 Oct 1940
HMT Sphene (Chief Skipper W.J.J. Tucker, RNR) picks up 39 survivors from the British merchant Bonheur that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-138 38 miles northwest of Butt of Lewis in position 57º10'N, 08º.36'W.