HMS Felixstowe (J126)

HMS Felixstowe (J126)

HMS "Felixstowe" was a turbine engined "Bangor" class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy named after the Suffolk town of Felixstowe.

She was built by Lobnitz and Company, Renfrew, Scotland and launched on 22 July 1941. She served in the Mediterranean during the Second World War. She struck a mine on 18 December 1943 and sank east of Capo Ferro, Sardinia, Italy.

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* [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3184.html HMS Felixstowe at Uboat.net]


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