Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index First purpose built Net Laying and Photographic ship built in 1932 scrapped 1962. Sistership HMS Protector built 1936 scrapped 1970. Pictures available www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk HMS Guardian served in the Indian Ocean between 1941-1942 approx. Took part in the invasion of Madagascar. Help build secret base in Maldives at Addu Atoll (1942)in case Ceylon fell into Japanese hands. Also built two more bases for protection of Merchant Ships assembling for covoy, one near Mombasa and the other near Cape Town. Returned to Gibraltar took part in invasion of Algeria at Oran (Mers-el-Kebir)1942. Returned Belfast for refit and further anti aircraft weaponry. Later took part in invasion of Sicily and Italy. More Information EMail birtydugger2003@yahoo.co.uk This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.