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