Previous name: M5 Miner V
Subsequent name:
Class: MINER Class Controlled Minelayer
Pennant No: M74 N15
Laid down: 22 April 1940
Builder: Philip & Sons Ltd., Dartmouth
Launched: 2 November 1940
Into Service: 26 June 1941
Out of service: 6 June 1970
Fate: Sunk as a target
Items of historic interest involving this ship: -
Background Data: One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty in WW2 to augment the ships of the RFA
27 December 1939 ordered
22 April 1940 laid down
2 November 1940 Launched by Philip & Son Ltd, Dartmouth as Yard Nr 946 named M-5 for the Royal Navy
26 June 1941 Completed at a cost of £50,530
1942 renamed Miner V
16 February 1942 Temp. Lieutenant A G Rickman RNR appointed in command - attached to HMS Defiance III at Devonport
3 March 1944 Temp. Lieutenant Commander N Baker RNR appointed in command
1951 disposed of
1960 converted into a cable layer and renamed Britannic and based at Portsmouth
6 June 1970 sunk as a target in The Wash by the RAF after a period of lay up at Portland
Notes:
1. There were originally 8 ships in this Class which were built as controlled minelayers during WW2
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