| History | |
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| Name | HMS Strenuous (J 338) |
| Builder | Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama |
| Laid down | 1 January 1942, as Vital (AM-129) |
| Launched | 7 September 1942 |
| Completed | 18 May 1943, and transferred to the UK under Lend-Lease |
| Fate | Returned to the US, 10 December 1946 |
 United States | |
| Name | USS Strenuous (AM-129) |
| Acquired | 10 December 1946 |
| Out of service | Declared surplus, 23 April 1947 |
| Fate | Sold, 1948. Scrapped, 1956 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Auk-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 890 long tons (904 t) |
| Length | 221 ft 3 in (67.44 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 100 |
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HMS Strenuous (J338) was a Catherine-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Originally planned as USS Vital (AM-129), of the United States Navy's Auk class, she was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease.