Welshman was one of six Adbiel class fast minelayers in the Royal Navy. Thanks to their great speed - well over 30 knots - these ships were useful in running cargoes to Malta during WWII, when enemy action threated to cut off that island's supplies. The Malta supply runs account for Welshman's altered appearance here - she is fitted with funnel caps and a painted-on deck line to hide her flush-deck design. This disguise was intended to make her resemble a French destroyer, thus to deter German attack. Welshman made about eight supply runs to Malta, but it is not known exactly when this disguise was employed. She was sunk by U-617 of Crete, 1 February 1943.

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