"Hebe" was built at the Devonport Dockyard, being laid down on laid down on 27 April 1936. She was launched on 28 October 1936 and she was commissioned in 1937. Her pennant number was N 24, later J 24. The ship served during the evacuation of Dunkirk, where she rescued 365 officers and men, and sent a gig to rescue Lord Gort on 29 May 1940. She later saw service in the Mediterranean Sea based at Malta as part of &lt;a href="14th/17th%20Minesweeper%20Flotilla"&gt;14th/17th Minesweeper Flotilla&lt;/a&gt;. She participated in Operation Harpoon (where she was hit by a very long range 152 mm shell fired by the Italian cruiser ), Operation Torch, and the invasion of Pantelleria. She was sunk by a mine off Bari on 22 November 1943. Thirty-seven men from her complement were lost with the ship.