Allied Warships

HMS MMS 59 (J 559)

Motor minesweeper of the MMS I class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor minesweeper
ClassMMS I 
PennantJ 559 
Built byJ & G Forbes & Co. Ltd. (Sandhaven, England, U.K.) 
Ordered5 Sep 1940 
Laid down 
Launched25 Jun 1941 
Commissioned12 Sep 1941 
End service 
History

Sold in 1946

 

Commands listed for HMS MMS 59 (J 559)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. Jocelyn Coghill Cramer-Parry, RNVR11 Jul 19421 Jan 1943
2F L Coggin, RNVR1 Jan 1943mid 1944

3T/Lt. Charles William George Starr, RNVR29 Apr 1945late 1945

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