HMS Looe/HMS Lyemun/IJN Nanyo-- Part 2: Minesweeper/Gunboat

From U-boat.net.

Minesweeper of the Bangor Class built at Hong Kong & Whampoa (Hong Kong).   Ordered 27 September 1940, laid down 22 July 1941.  Originally named HMS Looe, renamed HMS Lyemun in September 1941, while under construction.

Captured by the Japanese while still on the stocks in the fall of Hong Kong.  Completed by the Japanese and sunk by American aircraft on December 23, 1943.

--GreGen