- HMS Seagull (J85)
HMS "Seagull" was a "Halcyon" class minesweeper, and the first
Royal Navy ship to be built entirely withoutrivets . She was completed on30th March 1938 .During the
Second World War she helped escort 21 Arctic convoys, and participated inOperation Neptune . She was also responsible for accidentally sinking the Polish submarine ORP "Jastrząb", along with HNoMS "St Albans", after the convoy changed its course and entered "Jastrząb's" patrol sector. Allied ships also ignored identification marks, while on surface ("Seagull's" commander was later found guilty by the Admiralty) [ Jerzy Pertek, "Wielkie dni małej floty", Poznań, 1976 (Polish language, no ISBN)] ."Seagull" was scrapped in
1956 .References
http://www.halcyon-class.co.uk/seagull/hms_seagull.htm
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