HDML 1189

Everett, Washington, USA 5/43

Photo courtesy Linus Fleming

Known Crew

  • TLt R P W Wills RNZNVR TLt 8/1/42 125th ML Flotilla Commanding Officer HDML 1189 15/5/43 80th ML Flotilla ML 408
  • TLt G A B Walker RNZNVR HMS Minos II (Lowestoft) 6th ML Flotilla 4/5/42 TLt 26/2/43 125th ML Flotilla HDML 1189 18/2/44
  • TSlt I W Down RNZNVR TSLt 14/1/43 125th ML Flotilla First Lieutenant HDML 1189 13/5/43 80th ML Flotilla ML 407

Wartime Activities

  • Royal New Zealand Navy Q1189
  • 125th ML Flotilla
  • 7/45 Based HMS Cook, Wellington

Post War History

  • 1946 Sold. Named Alert
  • 2017 Based Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand

Photograph courtesy Linus Fleming

Alert alongside Queens Wharf, Wellington. January 1957

Alert fishing in Brigham Creek, May 2017. Photograph courtesy Linus Fleming

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