MMS-class minesweeper

	105 ft motor minesweeper
Class overview
Operators	Royal Navy; Royal Canadian Navy; Royal Indian Navy; Free French Naval Forces; Royal Hellenic Navy; Royal Netherlands Navy; Free Belgian Navy; Royal Norwegian Navy; Soviet Navy; Italian Navy;
Subclasses	Llewellyn class
Built	1940–1945
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	240–250 long tons (244–254 t)
Length	105 ft (32 m) p/p; 119 ft (36 m) o/a;
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draught	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
Propulsion	Diesel engine, 375–425 bhp (280–317 kW)
Speed	12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement	20
Armament	2 × 20 mm AA guns; 2 × machine guns;

The British Royal Navy operated large numbers of small Motor Minesweepers (MMS) during the Second World War, in two major classes: the first with 105 ft (32 m) hulls (of which 294 were built) and the second with 126 ft (38 m) hulls (of which 102 were built). Intended to counter magnetic influence mines in coastal waters, they had wooden hulls.

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