HMT Laurel (T 29) was a trawler launched in 1930 that the Admiralty acquired in 1935 and converted to a minesweeper.

Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) built her in 1930 as the trawler Kingston Cyanite for the Kingston Steam Fishing Company of Hull.

In November 1935 the Admiralty acquired her[1] and 19 others for conversion to minesweepers, naming all 20 after trees.

She served in UK waters throughout the war, employed in minesweeping, until 1943 when she was used as a wreck dispersal vessel, based at Port Talbot.

In March 1944 she assigned to Operation Neptune – the Normandy landings – but remained in readiness at Port Talbot.