The Abdiel class were a class of six fast minelayers commissioned into the Royal Navy and active during the Second World War. They were also known as the...
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HMS Abdiel was an Abdiel-class minelayer that served with the Royal Navy during World War II. She served with the Mediterranean Fleet (1941), Eastern Fleet...
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HMS Manxman (M70) (category Abdiel-class minelayers)
HMS Manxman (M70) was an Abdiel-class minelayer of the Royal Navy. The ship is named for an inhabitant of the Isle of Man. It served in the Mediterranean...
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HMS Welshman (M84) (category Abdiel-class minelayers)
HMS Welshman was an Abdiel-class minelayer of the Royal Navy, launched in September 1941. During World War II she served with the Home Fleet carrying out...
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Jiang-class minelayer – 4 ships Ottoman minelayer Nusret – 1 ship HMS Abdiel (1915) HMS Adventure (M23) 1 ship in service 1922 to 1944 Abdiel-class minelayer...
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HMS Apollo (M01) was an Abdiel-class minelayer launched in 1943 and broken up in 1962. HMS Apollo (F70) was a Leander-class frigate launched in 1970...
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HMS Latona (M76) (category Abdiel-class minelayers)
HMS Latona was an Abdiel-class minelayer of the Royal Navy. She served briefly during the Second World War, but was sunk less than six months after commissioning...
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HMS Apollo (M01) (category Abdiel-class minelayers)
HMS Apollo was an Abdiel-class minelayer of the Royal Navy, the eighth RN ship to carry the name. She served with the Home Fleet during World War II, taking...
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HMS Ariadne (M65) (category Abdiel-class minelayers)
HMS Ariadne was an Abdiel-class minelayer of the Royal Navy. She was built by Alexander Stephen and Sons of Glasgow, Scotland. She was laid down on 15...
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Abdiel is a Hebrew name. Abdiel may also refer to: HMS Abdiel, several destroyers and minelayers of Royal Navy Abdiel-class minelayer, a class of six fast...
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1936. HMS Abdiel (M39) was an Abdiel-class minelayer launched in 1940 and sunk by a mine in 1943. HMS Abdiel (N21) was an exercise minelayer and mine countermeasures...
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18 March 1915. In World War II, the British employed the Abdiel minelayers both as minelayers and as transports to isolated garrisons, such as Malta and...
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Scotland See List of ships named Manxman Manxman-class, an alternative name for Abdiel-class minelayer The Manxman (1929 film), a film directed by Alfred...
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Prince - auxiliary minelayer Abdiel-class minelayer - also used as fast transports Hunt-class minesweeper Halcyon-class minesweeper MMS-class minesweeper –...
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C. S. Forester; portrayed by Dido-class cruiser: HMS Cleopatra, Abdiel-class minelayer HMS Manxman, and Town-class cruiser HMS Glasgow) Ballantrae (in...
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in 2022 HMS Manxman, two ships of the Royal Navy HMS Manxman, an Abdiel-class minelayer, launched in 1940 "Antrim". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime...
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HMS Abdiel was a Marksman-class flotilla leader of the Royal Navy, built by Cammell Laird during the First World War. She was converted to a minelayer during...
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Diadem-class cruiser launched in 1898, converted to a minelayer in 1917 and torpedoed and sunk later that year. HMS Ariadne (M65) was an Abdiel-class minelayer...
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The M-class minelayers were a class of eight (nine planned) small controlled minelayers commissioned into the Royal Navy between 1939 and 1943. Cocker...
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Apollo-class protected cruiser launched in 1890. She was used as minelayer in 1907 and was sold in 1920. HMS Latona (M76) was an Abdiel-class minelayer launched...
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Ship Flag Sunk date Notes Coordinates HMS Abdiel Royal Navy 10 September 1943 An Abdiel-class minelayer sunk by mines in the harbor at Taranto, Italy...
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during World War II and scrapped in 1945. HMS Manxman (M70) was an Abdiel-class minelayer launched in 1940, converted to a minesweeper support ship in 1963...
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funnels and on a bandstand on the quarterdeck. Abdiel and Gabriel were later fitted as fast minelayers, for which purposes they landed the after 4 inch...
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3, the ships already at sea, the light cruiser Penelope and the fast minelayer Ariadne from Gibraltar and the Free French large destroyers, Le Fantasque...
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Arethusa-class cruisers Perth-class cruisers Leander-class cruisers HMS Effingham HMS Danae Roberts-class monitor (list not complete) Abdiel-class minelayers Tribal-class...
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originally planned for reuse in 1940 for a minelayer but the boat (pennant M39) was launched as HMS Abdiel instead. Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006)...
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ships were interned at Bizerta. After the ruse failed, the fast Abdiel-class minelayer HMS Manxman sailed from Alexandria on 10 November and arrived two...
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American Naval Fighting Ships. Mason, Geoffrey B. "HMS Abdiel - Abdiel-class fast cruiser minelayer". Naval-History.net. Retrieved 18 October 2012. Colledge...
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Retrieved 18 October 2012. Mason, Geoffrey B. "HMS Abdiel - Abdiel-class Fast Cruiser Minelayer". Naval-history.net. Retrieved 18 October 2012. Helgason...
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to send six torpedo boats to reinforce those at Dover. The fast Abdiel-class minelayers HMS Manxman and HMS Welshman were detached to Plymouth Command...
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