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The MMS Protector III, also called the MMS 251, was built in 1942. It was a British minesweeper, with a wooden hull, and the prefix MMS means 'Motor Minesweeper'.
It served in the Second World War, and then was a private whaling boat in the Falklands.
It had two decks, one upper and one lower. The ship was primarily made out of wood and timber. The upper had the small bridge of the ship.[1]
History
[edit]The MMS Protector III was a British minesweeper that was served in the Second World War, and acted later as a private sealing ship in the Falklands post-war. It was a wooden-hull ship.
Building
[edit]The ship was built in Nova Scotia, Canada for the British Royal Navy as a minesweeper. It was constructed quite quickly in 1942, at the Wagstaff Hatfield Shipyard, Port Greville, Nova Scotia, Canada.[1] It was one of 12 minesweepers constructed by the shipyard for Britain in 1942.
Service in World War Two
[edit]It was assigned to the 143rd Minesweeper Flotilla, based in Wales. It cleared mined waters for example, allied convoys and battleships and other gunboats.
Service after World War Two
[edit]After the war, the ship was sold to the Eastern Sea Fisheries Joint Committee of King's Lynn. They named it the Protector III. In the mid-1950's, the ship was repurposed as a commercial sealing ship in the Falkland Islands.
In 1962, a well known Falklander, John James Davis, bought the Protector III. John James Davis also owned New Island, what is located on the western part of the Falkland Islands. In the early 1960's, he brought the Protector III to New Island, and it became an important part of the island's maritime activities, serving as a sealing-, and a whaling ship.
Beaching of the Protector III
[edit]Protector III was intentionally beached on New Island in 1969, just in front of the Barnard Memorial Museum, due to its long service life, and by the late 1960's it was already quite worn down. Also the whaling business on the ship was less profitable, and it was hard to maintain.
Today it serves as an iconic landmark in the Falklands and on New Island.
Multiple people served as the commanding officer of MMS-251.
-Lt. Bernard Stanley Bruce Cakebread, took command of MMS-251 September 1943.[2]
-Cecil Gordon Chudley Coombe, RNR: Assumed command in January 1944 and served until at least late 1945.[2]
Naming
[edit]In World War Two, the ship didn't have any official name. The crew might have given it their own name or callsign, but it has not been proven. For the duration of it's service in World War Two, (1942–1945), it was called the MMS-251, standing for Motor Minesweeper-251.
After the war, in 1946, the ship was sold, and it was named the Protector III.
External links
[edit]- Protector III: Uncovering the Forgotten Shipwreck of Coffin's Harbour: https://abandonedin360.com/abandoned-vehicles/protector-iii
References
[edit]- ^ a b abandonedin360 (2024-12-14). "Protector III". Abandoned in 360. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c "HMS MMS 251 (J 751) of the Royal Navy - British Motor minesweeper of the MMS I class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 2025-05-04.