HMS Preventer (Z265) was a net laying ship for the Royal Navy during the Second World War acquired from the United States Navy in September 1944 via Lend-Lease.

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Preventer (Z265)
Builder
Laid down20 May 1943
Launched9 August 1944
Completed30 September 1944
Acquired30 September 1944
Fatereturned to U.S. Navy, 10 January 1946
History
United States
Acquired10 January 1946
StrickenMarch 1946
Fatetransferred to the Maritime Commission, 1 April 1947, for disposal
General characteristics
Class and typeAilanthus-class net laying ship
Displacement1,190 long tons (1,210 t) (full)
Length194 ft 6 in (59.28 m)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Draught13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsiondiesel electric, 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Speed13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement56
Armament

The ship was laid down as Seagrape (YN-90), a net tender of the Ailanthus class, on 20 May 1943 at the American Car and Foundry Co. in Wilmington, Delaware. On 17 January 1944, while still under construction, the ship was reclassified as a net laying ship and redesignated AN-77. Seagrape was launched on 9 August and completed on 30 September.

After delivery to the U.S. Navy on 30 September, she was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease the same day and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Preventer (Z265). Upon completion of wartime duty with the United Kingdom, she was returned to the U.S. Navy on 10 January 1946. Struck from the Naval Vessel Register in March 1946, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Commission on 1 April 1947.

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