| Name: | MINORU |
| Type: | Mineweeper |
| Keel: | |
| Launched: | 16/06/1919 |
| Completed: | 08/1919 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1072 |
| Dimensions: | 1320disp, 258.0 x 35.0 x 10.5(draft)ft; (1920: 1506grt, 906nrt, 258.0 x 34.8 x 23.7ft) |
| Engines: | T4cyl (20.5, 33, 33 & 37 x 30ins), 2500ihp, 207nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 17.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 4.0ins guns; 39 x depth charges |
| History: | |
| 08/1919 | British Royal Navy |
| 1921 | Moise Mazza, Southampton, renamed HAIM MAZZA |
| 1922 | Renamed ZION |
| 1922 | Renamed HAIM MAZZA |
| 1923 | Anglo-Oriental Nav Co Ltd, London; renamed ZION |
| 1923 | Renamed VIMA |
| 1924 | Awanokuni Kyodo Kisen KK, Komatsushima; renamed KYODO MARU NO 28 |
| 1940 | Toa Kaiun KK, Amagasaki, Japan |
| 04/07/1944 | Sank |
| Comments: | A member of the 24 Class, named after winning horses of the Epsom Derby |
| They were designed to appear double ended to confuse U-Boats | |
| 1920: Converted to a cargo ship; ON 145349 | |
| 04/07/1944: Torpedoed & sunk by USS SEAHORSE, 100 miles | |
| south of Hong Kong, in position 20.18N - 115.02E |
Above photo is for illustration and shows sister ship SIR BEVIS. Photo copyright of The Imperial War Museum