Minesweepers at Work
Source of sketch: Robert E Groves
http://www.royal-navy.org/art/naval-paintings-detail.php?name=13
Click on ship's name to go to Full History
Unfortunately most
of the ships' logs for all the Halcyons during WW2 have probably
been destroyed, the surviving logs only cover the period up to
early 1940. Fortunately the framework for these ships' histories
was found in the National Archives records ADM199/2545-2577 which
contain details of the movements of the ships over this period.
Into this chronological
record has been inserted information from other original records held at the
National Archives and the Imperial War Museum, extracts from books and memories
from relatives. Each resulting history is a somewhat disjointed record which has
not been 'smoothed' into a more easily read format because it is a work in
progress. It is hoped that more information will be added as it is found. If you
can contribute to this site, please
contact me.
The photo's shown above of a Halcyon
Class minesweeper were taken from the
British Pathe film
'DENNIS NOBLE - THE LITTLE SHIPS'
which can be seen
HERE
(Sorry about the song!)
(Copies of the photo's and the original footage can
be purchased from the British Pathe site.)
