HMS Hebe (J24)

Hebe photographed from HMS Rodney, October 1940
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hebe (J24)
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Launched	28 October 1936
Commissioned	1937
Fate	Mined 22 November 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Halcyon-class minesweeper
Displacement	875 long tons (889 t) standard 1,330 long tons (1,351 t) full
Length	245 ft 3 in (74.75 m) o/a
Beam	33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power	1,750 ihp (1,300 kW) 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 compound-expansion steam engines
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	80
Armament	2 × single QF 4-inch (100 mm) guns 1 × quadruple Vickers .50 machine gun mount

HMS Hebe was one of 21 Halcyon-class minesweepers built for the Royal Navy in the 1930s. Commissioned in 1936, Hebe served during World War II, notably taking part in the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940 and then serving in the Mediterranean, carrying out minesweeping operations from Malta. After taking part in several operations, including Operations Harpoon and Torch, and the invasion of Pantelleria, Hebe was sunk by a mine off Bari in November 1943, with the loss of 37 of the vessel's crew.