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{{Short description|1940 class of British minesweepers}}
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{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}
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|Built range=1940–1945
|In service range=
|In commission range=
|Total ships building=
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|Header caption=
|Ship type=[[Minesweeper]]
|Ship displacement= {{convert|240|-|250|LT|t|0|lk=on}}
|Ship length=* {{convert|105|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[Length between perpendiculars|p/p]]
* {{convert|119|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|o/a]]
|Ship beam= {{convert|23|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship height=
|Ship draught= {{convert|9|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship depth=
|Ship propulsion=Diesel engine, {{convert|375|-|425|bhp|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed= {{convert|12|kn|mph km/h|lk=in|0}}
|Ship range=
|Ship endurance=
|Ship complement=20
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|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=*2 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm]] AA guns
* 2 × machine guns
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|Ship notes=
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Sixteen were transferred to the [[French Navy]]: ''D241'' (ex-''MMS-21''; later ''D361''), ''D242'' (ex-''MMS-184''; later ''D362''), ''D251'' (ex-''MMS-47''; later ''D363''), ''D252'' (ex-''MMS-9''; later ''D364''), ''D261'' (ex-''MMS-116''; later ''D365''), ''D262'' (ex-''MMS-118''; later ''D366'), ''D291'' (ex-''MMS-133''; later ''D367''), ''D292'' (ex-''MMS-134''; later ''D368''), ''D371'' (ex-''MMS-221''), ''D372'' (ex-''MMS-202''), ''D373'' (ex-MMS-220''), ''D374'' (ex-''MMS-91''), ''D375'' (ex-''MMS-75''), ''D376'' (ex-''MMS-204''), ''D377'' (ex-''MMS-49'') and ''D378'' (ex-''MMS-13''). All were returned to the [[Royal Navy]] in October 1947.<ref>Preston, p. 136</ref><ref>Gardiner & Chesneau 1980, p. 277</ref>
Eleven were transferred to the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]]; two were lost, one returned to the RN, and eight were retained postwar. The 11 vessels were: ''Ameland'' (ex-''MMS-231''), ''Beveland'' (ex-''MMS-237''), ''Marken'' (i) (ex-''MMS-227'', lost 20 May 1944), {{HNLMS|Marken|1944|2}}'' (ii) (ex-''MMS-54''), ''Putten'' (ex-''MMS-138''), ''Rozenburg'' (ex-''MMS-292''), ''Terschelling'' (i) (ex-''MMS-174'', lost 12 July 1942), ''Terschelling (ii) (ex-''MMS-234''), ''Texel'' (i) (ex-''MMS-173'', returned to RN November 1942), ''Texel'' (ii) (ex-''MMS-73''), and ''Vlieland'' (ex-''MMS-226''). ''Vlieland'' was lost in Indonesian waters in November 1951.<ref>Preston, p. 212</ref><ref>McMurtrie and Blackman 1949, p. 234</ref><ref name="Gardiner & Chesneau 1980, p. 394">Gardiner & Chesneau 1980, p. 394</ref>
Seventeen were loaned to the [[Italian Navy]]: ''MMS-10'', ''32'', ''34'', ''35'', ''48'', ''50'', ''99'', ''100'', ''102-106'', ''135'', ''167'', ''172'' and ''185''. The first to be returned to the Royal Navy were ''MMS-34'' and ''35'', in August 1949.<ref>McMurtrie and Blackman 1949, p. 217</ref>
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |editor-last=Blackman |editor-first=Raymond V. B. |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1953–54 |year=1953 |___location=New York |publisher=McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc. }}
* {{cite book |last=Brown |first=David K. |title=Nelson to Vanguard: Warship Design and Development 1923–1945 |year=2000 |___location=Barnsley, UK |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |isbn=978-1-84832-149-6}}
* {{cite book |last=Cowie |first=J. S. |title=Mines, Minelayers and Minelaying |year=1949 |___location=London |publisher=Oxford University Press}}
* {{cite book |editor-last1=Gardiner |editor-first1=Robert |editor-last2=Chesneau |editor-first2=Roger |title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 |year=1980 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |___location=London |isbn=0-85177-146-7}}
* {{cite book |last=Preston |first=Antony |title=Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II |year=1989 |___location=London |publisher=Studio Publishing |isbn=1-85170-194-X}}
* {{cite book |last1=Lenton |first1=H. T. |last2=Colledge |first2=J. J. |title=Warships of World War II |year=1973 |edition=2nd |___location=London |publisher=Ian Allan |isbn=0-7110-0403-X}}
* McMurtrie, Francis E., and Blackman, Raymond V.B. (1949). ''Jane's Fighting Ships 1949-50.'' New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
* {{cite book |last=Melvin |first=Michael J. |title=Minesweeper, The Role of the Motor Minesweepers in World War II |year=1992 |___location=Worcester, UK |publisher=Square One Publishing |isbn=1-872017-57-6}}
* {{cite book |last=Worth |first=Jack |title=British Warships Since 1945: Part 4: Minesweepers |year=1984 |___location=Liskeard, UK |publisher=Maritime Books |isbn=0-907771-12-2}}
{{Commons category|MMS class minesweepers}}
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