Type:

Grampus (Minelayer) Class

Pennant No.:

56.M
N.56

Laid Down:

20th August 1934.

H.M. Dockyard, Chatham.

Commissioned:

10th March 1937.

Not known at present.

Commander:

1940.

Lt. Cdr. C. A. Rowe.

Complement:

59

Officers and Ratings.

Service Career:

1937-1939.
1940 - 1st Flotilla.

China Station.
HMS Medway, Alexandria.
(At Malta in June 1940).

Laid a minefield of the Port of Augusta 13th June 1940.

During her war service she laid a total of 50 mines.

Fate:

Depth charged by Italian torpedo boat Circe and Clio off Syracuse 24th June 1940 after completing a mine lay off Augusta.