List of mine warfare vessels of World War II
# List of mine warfare vessels of World War II

This is a list of mine warfare vessels of World War II.

The List of ships of World War II contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.

For smaller vessels, see also List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of the World War II, regardless of where they were built or previous service history.

List of mine warfare vessels of World War II :

| Ship | Country | Class | Type | Displacement (tons) | First commissioned | Fate |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aaron Ward | United States Navy | Smith | destroyer minelayer | 2,200 | 28 October 1944 | constructive loss 30 April 1945, scrapped 1946 |
| Abdiel | Royal Navy | Abdiel | minelayer cruiser | 2,650 | 15 April 1941 | Sunk 10 September 1943 |
| Adams | United States Navy | Smith | destroyer minelayer | 2,200 | 10 October 1944 | Decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1971 |
| Adventure | Royal Navy | | minelayer cruiser | 6,850 | 4 November 1916 | landing repair ship 1944; scrapped 1947 |
| Agra | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 15 April 1942 | Decommissioned 1946 |
| Ahmedabad | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 4 September 1944 | Sold April 1947 |
| Amiral Murgescu | Royal Romanian Navy Soviet Navy | Amiral Murgescu | destroyer minelayer | 1,068 | 1941 | To Soviet Union 1944, scrapped 1988 |
| Amritsar | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 20 November 1942 | Decommissioned 1947 |
| Apollo | Royal Navy | Abdiel | minelayer cruiser | 2,650 | 9 October 1943 | Scrapped 1962 |
| Ariadne | Royal Navy | Abdiel | minelayer cruiser | 2,650 | 12 February 1944 | Scrapped 1965 |
| Baroda | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | December 1942 | Transferred to Pakistan 1948 |
| Berar | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | October 1942 | Decommissioned 1946 |
| Boggs | United States Navy | Wickes | minesweeper destroyer | 1,190 | 23 September 1918 | scrapped 1946 |
| Brandenburg | Kriegsmarine | | minelayer | 3,894 | 1 May 1943 | captured French transport Kita, sunk 21 September 1943 |
| Breese | United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer minelayer | 1,190 | 23 October 1918 | scrapped May 1946 |
| Brummer | Kriegsmarine | | minelayer | 1,924 | 9 April 1940 | Captured from Norway 9 April 1940, sunk May 1945 |
| Calcutta | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 18 August 1944 | Decommissioned 1947 |
| Chandler | United States Navy | Clemson | minesweeper destroyer | 1,200 | 5 September 1919 | scrapped 1946 |
| Clive | Royal Indian Navy | 24 | minesweeper sloop | 1,748 | 20 April 1920 | Scrapped 1947 |
| Cochin | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 9 April 1946 | Decommissioned 1950 |
| Cuttack | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 21 August 1944 | Decommissioned 1946 |
| Drache | Kriegsmarine | | minelayer | 1,870 | 17 April 1941 | captured from Yugoslav, Zmaj, sunk 22 September 1944 |
| Gamble | United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer minelayer | 1,090 | 29 November 1918 | Damaged 17 February 1945, scuttled 16 July 1945. |
| Gryf | Poland | Gryf | minelayer | 2,085 | 27 February 1938 | sunk 3 September 1939 |
| Icarus | Royal Navy | I | destroyer minelayer | 1,370 | 3 May 1937 | paid off 29 August 1946, scrapped 29 October 1946. |
| Ilex | Royal Navy | I | destroyer minelayer | 1,370 | 7 July 1937 | paid off August, scrapped in Sicily 1948. |
| Imogen | Royal Navy | I | destroyer minelayer | 1,370 | 2 June 1937 | sunk in collision 16 July 1940 |
| Imperial | Royal Navy | I | destroyer minelayer | 1,370 | 30 June 1937 | sunk 29 May 1941 |
| Impulsive | Royal Navy | I | destroyer minelayer | 1,370 | 29 January 1938 | paid off 1946, scrapped 22 January 1946. |
| Inglefield | Royal Navy | I | destroyer minelayer | 1,370 | 25 June 1937 | sunk 25 February 1944 |
| Intrepid | Royal Navy | I | destroyer minelayer | 1,370 | 29 July 1937 | sunk 26 September 1943 |
| Isis | Royal Navy | I | destroyer minelayer | 1,370 | 2 June 1937 | sunk 20 July 1944. |
| Ivanhoe | Royal Navy | I | destroyer minelayer | 1,370 | 24 August 1937 | sunk 1 September 1940 |
| J-826 | Royal Navy | BYMS | minesweeper | 360 | February 1943 | Post-war oceanographic research vessel RV Calypso |
| Karachi | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 21 December 1942 | Decommissioned 1946 |
| Lahore | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 17 November 1942 | Decommissioned 1946 |
| Lamberton | United States Navy | Wickes | minesweeper destroyer | 1,090 | 22 August 1918 | scrapped 9 May 1947 |
| Latona | Royal Navy | Abdiel | minelayer cruiser | 2,650 | 4 May 1941 | lost 25 October 1941 |
| Lawrence | Royal Indian Navy | 24 | minesweeper sloop | 1,748 | 27 December 1919 | Scrapped 1947 |
| Lothringen | Kriegsmarine | | minelayer cruiser | 1,975 | December 1941 | sold to merchant service post-war |
| Lucknow | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | April 1946 | Decommissioned 1946 |
| Madura | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 27 May 1943 | Decommissioned 1946 |
| Manxman | Royal Navy | Abdiel | minelayer cruiser | 2,650 | 20 June 1941 | scrapped 1971 |
| Multan | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 1941–1944 | 1941–1944 |
| Nagpur | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 1941–1944 | 1941–1944 |
| Nasik | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 24 May 1944 | Decommissioned 1950 |
| Oribi | Royal Navy | O | destroyer minelayer | 1,540 | 3 September 1942 | paid off 1948, scrapped 1965 |
| Obedient | Royal Navy | O | destroyer minelayer | 1,540 | 30 October 1942 | paid off 1957, scrapped 1962 |
| Okinoshima | Imperial Japanese Navy | | minelayer | 4,290 | 30 September 1936 | sunk 12 May 1942 |
| Oldenburg | Kriegsmarine | | minelayer | 1,141 | 13 September 1943 | captured Italian water tanker Garigiliano |
| Opportune | Royal Navy | O | destroyer minelayer | 1,540 | 14 August 1942 | paid off 1954, scrapped 1955 |
| Orwell | Royal Navy | O | destroyer minelayer | 1,540 | 17 October 1942 | |
| Patna | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 24 January 1943 | Decommissioned 1946 |
| Peshawar | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | | Cancelled September 1945 |
| Poona | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 24 December 1942 | Decommissioned 1946 |
| Quetta | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | | Cancelled February 1945 |
| Rampur | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 17 October 1945 | Transferred to Pakistan 1948 |
| Ramsay | United States Navy | Wickes | destroyer minelayer | 1,090 | 15 February 1919 | Decommissioned 19 October 1945, scrapped 1947 |
| Shillong | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | 27 March 1943 | |
| Skate | Royal Navy | R (Admiralty) | destroyer minelayer | 991 | 19 February 1917 | scrapped 1947 |
| Tannenberg | Kriegsmarine | | minelayer | 1,098 | 2 September 1939 | former ferry; sunk 9 July 1941 |
| Travancore | Royal Indian Navy | Basset | minesweeper | 529 | January 1942 | Decommissioned in 1947 |
| Welshman | Royal Navy | Abdiel | minelayer cruiser | 2,650 | 25 August 1941 | sunk 1 February 1943 |
