HMS Hythe (J194)

HMS Hythe was a Bangor-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War.

The engines produced a total of 2,000 shaft horsepower (1,500 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph).

Hythe carried a maximum of 160 long tons (163 t) of fuel oil that gave her a range of 2,800 nautical miles (5,200 km; 3,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).

Hythe saw service in the Mediterranean Sea during the Second World War, where she was based in Malta as part of the 14th/17th Minesweeper Flotilla.

She was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-371 commanded by Waldemar Mehl on 11 October 1943 off Bougie, Algeria.