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History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Preventer (Z265)
Builder	American Car and Foundry Co.; Wilmington, Delaware;
Laid down	20 May 1943
Launched	9 August 1944
Completed	30 September 1944
Acquired	30 September 1944
Fate	returned to U.S. Navy, 10 January 1946
History
United States
Acquired	10 January 1946
Stricken	March 1946
Fate	transferred to the Maritime Commission, 1 April 1947, for disposal
General characteristics
Class and type	Ailanthus-class net laying ship
Displacement	1,190 long tons (1,210 t) (full)
Length	194 ft 6 in (59.28 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draught	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	diesel electric, 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement	56
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun; 4 × twin 20 mm gun mounts;

HMS Preventer (Z265) was a net laying ship for the Royal Navy during the Second World War acquired from the United States Navy in September 1944 via Lend-Lease.

The ship was laid down as Seagrape (YN-90), a net tender of the Ailanthus class, on 20 May 1943 at the American Car and Foundry Co. in Wilmington, Delaware. On 17 January 1944, while still under construction, the ship was reclassified as a net laying ship and redesignated AN-77. Seagrape was launched on 9 August and completed on 30 September.

After delivery to the U.S. Navy on 30 September, she was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease the same day and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Preventer (Z265). Upon completion of wartime duty with the United Kingdom, she was returned to the U.S. Navy on 10 January 1946. Struck from the Naval Vessel Register in March 1946, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Commission on 1 April 1947.