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    12°24′09″E / 6.0081372°S 12.4024879°E / -6.0081372; 12.4024879 HMS Fancy (J308) was a steam turbine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper during the...
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  • 1876 she was placed on harbour service before being sold in 1905. HMS Fancy (J308) was an Algerine-class minesweeper launched in 1943. She was sold to...
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    1959, HMS Acute and HMS Jewel, training ships at Dartmouth, rescued the burning German coaster Vorman Rass, off Start Point, Devon. At least one, HMS Pickle...
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