HMS Hythe (J194)

HMS Hythe (J194)

HMS "Hythe" was a "Bangor" class minesweeper of Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was built by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Troon, Scotland and commissioned in 1941. Her pennant number was J 194. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name "Hythe", after the town of Hythe in Kent.

"Hythe" saw service in the Mediterranean Sea during the Second World War, where she was based in Malta as part of the 14th/17th Minesweeper Flotilla. She was torpedoed and sunk by "U-371" on 11 October 1943 off Bougie, Algeria.

Sources

*Colledge
* "Warships of World War II", by H. T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge, pub. Ian Allen Ltd.

External links

* [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3219.html HMS Hythe (J 194)] - "uboat.net"
* [http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/malta3.htm Minesweeping at Malta]


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