| Name: | APOLLO |
| Type: | Minelayer |
| Keel: | 10/10/1941 |
| Launched: | 05/04/1943 |
| Completed: | 12/02/1944 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 654 |
| Dimensions: | 2650disp - 3415disp, 400.5 x 40.0 x 11.3(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 72000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 39.7knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 2 x 4.0ins QF, 2 x 2 x 40mm guns; 160 x naval mines |
| History: | |
| 12/02/1944 | British Royal Navy |
| 28/11/1962 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the Abdiel class of fast minelayers |
| 28/11/1962: Arrived at Blyth for breaking up by Hughes Bolckow Ltd |
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Above photo, taken at Blyth 08/05/1963, is copyright of Brian Hargreaves
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