Allied Warships

HMS MMS 51 (J 551)

Motor minesweeper of the MMS I class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor minesweeper
ClassMMS I 
PennantJ 551 
Built byUnited Engineers (Singapore) 
Ordered26 Jul 1940 
Laid down 
Launched10 Jun 1941 
Commissioned29 Nov 1941 
Lost4 Mar 1942 
History

Sunk South of Java by Japanese surface ships

 

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1T/Lt. Francis Nixon, RNROct 19414 Mar 1942

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