HMS Fancy (J308) was a steam turbine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper during the Second World War.

The engines produced a total of 2,000 indicated horsepower (1,500 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph).

They carried a maximum of 660 long tons (671 t) of fuel oil that gave them a range of 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).

Then in May, she sweeper the south coast in preparation of the upcoming Invasion of Normandy code named D-Day.

Moreover, in June, she cleared ten channels for the invasion force to safely cross.

The ship supervised German minesweepers as they swept the waters off Norway in July 1946.

[6] She left Ostend on 2 August 1957 for the Belgian Congo to serve in the training of Congolese personnel at the Banane Naval base, Banana District.