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Hms GuardianThe HMS Guardian was a World War II-era net laying and photographic ship built in 1932 and scrapped in 1962. Its sister ship, the HMS Protector, was built in 1936 and scrapped 1970. The HMS Guardian served in the Indian Ocean between 1941 and 1942; it took part in the invasion of Madagascar and helped build secret base in the Maldives at Addu Atoll in 1942 in case Ceylon fell into Japanese hands. It also built two more bases for protection of merchant ships assembling for convoy; one was near Mombasa and the other near Cape Town. The Guardian then returned to Gibraltar took part in invasion of Algeria at Oran (Mers-el-Kebir) in 1942. Afterwards, it returned to belfast for refit and further anti-aircraft weaponry. Later, it took part in invasion of Sicily and Italy. Guardian In 1952 the Guardian was taken out of the reserve fleet storage on the Tamer river Between Devonport and Saltash (cornwal) and towed to Newport Mon for a refit and modernsation which was completed in 1954 when she was put in mothball and returned to regoin the reserve flrrt at Plymouth
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