HMS Squirrel (J301)

HMS Squirrel was an Algerine-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1944, and scuttled off Phuket Island, Thailand in 1945 after being damaged by a mine.

Squirrel was taking part in minesweeping operations off the west coast of the Malay peninsula on 24 July 1945. The operations were supported by the British East Indies Fleet, which defeated a Japanese kamikaze attack on HMS Ameer at the time. However, one ship was lost - the Squirrel hit a mine off Phuket Island during the attack, and was scuttled by Royal Naval gunfire two and a half hours later. Seven men were lost in the attack.