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the Hiram Walker dock in Walkerville, a presentation of gifts was made to her. These gifts had been stored in a warehouse on the dock and among them were such articles as a washing machine, electric irons, radios, phonographs, musical instruments, ash trays, games, toilet articles, kitchen utensils, writing materials and magazines. That she might be seen and inspected by the citizenry, the ship, following the presentation, proceeded to the Government Dock in Windsor. In the evening, officers and men were feted at the Prince Edward Hotel. The following day, the ship was open to the public and she departed in the early evening.
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Halifax East Light Vessel No 6, which had been accurately fixed and used as a datum point for the search, was closed and inquiries made from the Captain where he estimated the sinking had taken place. Many ASDIC echoes were investigated. Echo sounder traces had been made off boulders on the bottom, and some looked promising; when crossed, however, on a course at right angles to the initial run-over, all proved to be false. The search was successful in so far as it was thorough and left no doubt that detection by any future search would be purely a matter of chance.
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negotiated, the town of Mulgrave being passed on the 16th. The day following this, the ship reached Halifax, her operational base, where she prepared herself to take her part in the great international struggle to maintain the country's freedom. The day following arrival, she commenced a refit. One of the chief undertakings included in it was the fitting in her of H/F D/F equipment. A generator, being defective, also required attention.
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An HX convoy ran from New York to the United Kingdom. Earlier, its starting point had been Halifax, which accounts for the "H" in its designation. The "F" qualifies it as a fast, while an "S" indicates that it was a slow convoy. An extra "H" before the designation refers to the Halifax section of the
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The end, however, seemed to be looming larger and, in fact, the ship received orders to sail to Sydney on the 22nd. There she was to come under the Naval Officer in Charge in that port, the transfer to his administration being effected on the same date. The following day, 23 July 1945, she being then
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Once the name had been accepted, prominent citizens of Windsor pointed out that it would be a happy event if the ship could be commissioned in their city. The distillery firm of Hiram Walker and Sons, Ltd. had excellent docking facilities in Walkerville and arrangements could be made with them if the
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steamed to St. Margaret's Bay, near Halifax, to be taken in hand for H/F D/F calibration. On the 19th, she left Halifax and, after some exercising with other ships, proceeded to New York where she, in company with her group, picked up her first convoy, HXF-305. It was accompanied to HOMP, a position
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Steaming on her way, she passed through Lake Erie into Lake Ontario to Toronto, which she reached on the 20th. Off the Queen City she carried out gun and depth charge trials. They were satisfactory although one of her depth charges failed to explode. The failure was promptly reported to authorities.
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Montreal was raised on 1 June 1944 and the ship remained in the port until the 6th when she went to Quebec City to embark ammunition and carry out further trials. From Quebec on 14th, she proceeded down river to the Gulf. The Straits of Canso between Cape Breton and the mainland of Nova Scotia were
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Two days following the commissioning, the ship left Port Arthur, steaming through Lakes Superior and Huron to Sarnia, where she arrived on the 22nd. Held up by fog, she did not leave this port until 0600, the 23rd. She then went on to Windsor where she found all preparations made to receive her. At
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obtained a bearing on a doubtful submarine on the 16th. The group was met on the 17th by the mid-ocean group C-5. Since the ship had to pass over convoy papers to the frigate, she approached her and attempted to maintain a position sufficiently close to her to fire the papers across to her by gun.
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closer. When it became evident that the ship could not control her steering and was being carried toward the frigate, the latter stopped her engines, as the speed was causing violent pitching and a smother of breaking seas, blotting everything from view. Before the frigate could drop sufficiently
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On 24 March 1943, the shipbuilding firm stated that the ship, CN-366, was ready for launching but that it would be necessary, because of ice conditions, to postpone it until at least 15 or 20 April. It was desirable that certain guests should be invited for the accompanying ceremony, particularly
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It was pointed out at the 57th Meeting of the Naval Staff, 25 September 1941, that "the steaming radius of the Bangor Class Minesweeper was most disappointing (being only 2300 miles at 11 knots)." (Naval Staff Minutes, 57th Meeting, 25 September 1941 (Held by VCNS.) Quoted NHS 8000: Minesweepers
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The H/F D/F or High-Frequency Direction-Finding equipment. It was pronounced "Huff-Duff" and could pick up from land or ship the radio transmissions of U-boats at sea. "Radar furnished the convoys with a cat's eye, sonar with its ears, while the high-frequency direction finders…acted as a highly
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expert, Lieutenant R A Nairn (a/s), RCNVR, was embarked. The searchers were fortunate in that weather and water conditions were favourable on all occasions. Every effort was made to use any information, such as survivors' reports, which might be helpful toward the end of locating the wreck. The
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was engaged with it only for the day. She then went to join her group to escort from Halifax Convoy HHX-332. At HOMP, the main body of the convoy was met and W-2 remained with it until relieved the next day by Escort Group C-7. W-2 proceeded to St. John's, while the convoy sailed out across the
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The Western Escort Force was based in Halifax and was employed in escorting eastbound convoys as far as WESTOMP, the western ocean meeting-point. This was on or about Longitude 52° West, thus east of Cape Race, Newfoundland. Here, the escorts of the Force were relieved by ships of the Mid-Ocean
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After leaving ONS-251 at New York, W-2 turned around and went northward with HXF-310. Relieved by W-3, the ships entered Halifax on the 25th. Another convoy escorted during September 1944 was HHX-311. Convoys ON-256, HX-315 and HHX-316 received the close support of the Group during October.
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was prepared to function either as an anti-submarine escort or a minesweeper. However, when it became apparent that the submarine posed a greater danger than the mine in the areas for which the Royal Canadian Navy was responsible, a greater emphasis came to be laid on the former.
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in the Cape Breton port, the ship was paid off into maintenance reserve, and Lieutenant-Commander Young relinquished command. She was not permitted to rust away in Sydney. On 7 September 1945, it was announced that she would sail to the west coast in the company of several other
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being a better steerer under such conditions, approached the minesweeper from the starboard quarter and succeeded in putting a line aboard her quarterdeck. Here, a canister containing the secret documents was attached to the line. Suddenly a violent snow and wind squall struck.
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in ever-deeper waters, swept areas had to be extended and, for this, a ship with greater endurance was desirable. This class of ship, too, lacked the space to conveniently accommodate the new types of equipment which were being added. It was for these reasons that, in 1941, the
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On 18 April 1947, the ship was recommended for disposal by the Naval Surplus Disposal Committee at Esquimalt. Once she had been accepted by War Assets Corporation, she was towed to Bedwell Bay in Vancouver Harbour, where she, along with another ship picked for disposal,
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and her group continued with their escorting duties through April and May 1945. Because of the decelerated pace of the war, culminating on 8 May 1945 with orders broadcast from German High Command for all U-boats at sea to surrender, they were of a routine nature.
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s charges was a rescue ship laden with survivors. The convoy had been shepherded across the ocean by Escort Group, C-4. Soon after nightfall on the 2nd, about 90 miles north-west of Londonderry, what appeared to be a lone U-boat sank the Norwegian steamship
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prepared herself for a short refit, which began on 1 June 1945 and lasted until the 14th. She had several defects which urgently required attention. For several months, in fact, a full scale refit had been proposed for her, first plans having named
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The ship had been named for Windsor, Ontario, or, more strictly, for the adjoining "Border Cities" of East Windsor, Walkerville, Windsor and Sandwich, which had been amalgamated into one city, Windsor, by the Amalgamation Act of 1935.
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While the duty of the close escort was to remain with the convoy in a defensive role, the ships of the support groups gave added defence only, and were free to range far and wide in offensive action against U-boats in the
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she arrived in Shelburne on the 8th. The same day, she was transferred from the administration of the Naval Officer in Charge, Sydney, to that of the Commanding Officer Pacific Coast, with her accounting base changed from
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was in the worst condition. She had already been tentatively selected for disposal, but it was noted that she was one of the two ships fitted with minesweeping gear, and this seems to have caused some hesitation.
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fixed according to the individual convoy, where Western Escort groups from the south were relieved by others from the north or vice versa. On this occasion, W-2 was relieved by W-3 and then returned to Halifax.
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had been commissioned in Toronto and had later paid a visit to Westmount. It was further pointed out that she could not have been sailed by the navy if she had not been commissioned first. For the same reason,
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dignitaries from the sponsoring city of Windsor. Unfortunately, this was not done, as the launching of a ship had been required as a part of a Victory Loan ceremony held on 3 May 1943 and the shipyard picked
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passed the month of July 1944 in Bermudan waters, engaged in working-up exercises. She left Halifax on the 8th and did not return until 3 August. Two days before her return, she had been allocated to the
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She was bought by a Victoria firm, Wagner, Stein and Greene Co. The sale was effected in January 1948. The last report of the ship stated that on this date the ship was still in port pending disposal.
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made a voyage to Bermuda. After embarking service personnel for passage, she left Halifax in the early hours of the 30th. After passing two days in the islands she left on 4 July to return to Halifax.
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class vessel had been torpedoed off Halifax on 16 April 1945 with the loss of 39 men. The wreck had never been found and, on 16–17 June 1945 and again on the 19th, in the latter case being assisted by
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The ON convoys reversed the direction taken by the HX convoys, making the passage from the British Isles to North America. As with the HX convoys, the added "F" and "S" refer to fast and slow convoys.
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department were agreeable to use them for the ceremony. Attached to the docks were lawns which were quite spacious and lovely, with a balcony which would lend itself nicely for the occasion.
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The voyaging ships called at Salina Cruz on 4 December 1945, and stopped in San Pedro, California, from the 11th to 17th. Finally, all five arrived at Esquimalt at 0015, 21 December 1945.
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The frigate crossed the ocean with the convoy and, when she reached Londonderry, had temporary repairs carried out on her bow in Harland and Wolf's shipyard in the North Irish city.
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On 10 November 1945, the minesweepers steamed out of Shelburne, their bows pointed toward southern waters. There were five of them in the group. After seven days, they arrived at
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In the end it was decided to transfer the gear to another of the class, and, in March 1947, she was declared surplus to requirements. On the 3rd, she ceased to be a tender to
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of the support group. It was estimated that the transmissions originated with a U-boat some thirty miles away. A few days later-the 26th and 30th- when with ON-272,
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XB-144 was escorted to Boston and, in February 1945, BX-144. On 14 February 1945, W-2 left Halifax with HHX-338. The subsequent voyage was a routine one, although
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s were a longer ship by 45 feet and it had over 1,500 miles greater endurance at 12 knots. It could therefore carry more men and equipment and had a longer range.
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So the ship was commissioned on 18 May 1944 at Port Arthur. Before this date she had carried out full power, endurance, steering, anchor and going astern trials.
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would have to be commissioned in Port Arthur. Presumably, though, the ship could visit Windsor for a similar dedication ceremony while passing through the lakes.
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had joined W-2 as Senior Officer of the group. When, on 2 September 1944, she left Halifax with Convoy HHXS-306, she had as fellow members, the corvettes,
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s last. After she and her group sailed with it to New York, they remained for a week in the port and then sailed on the 29th without convoy for Halifax.
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but due to conflicts with other ships with that name, the actual name of the ship was chosen to commemorate the city, instead of naming it directly.
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There were 7 "W" groups on October 1944. In December of the same year, the number was increased to 8 and, on 27 April 1945, to 9. (NHS 8440-130).
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s transom corner struck the other's port bow at the forecastle deck edge, causing damage to plating and leaving a hole at the edge of the deck.
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The class to which she belonged had been designed to overcome certain weaknesses which had been revealed in actual operation in the earlier
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steamed out with instructions to take several ships under her orders. The search was an unsuccessful one. It continued until the 23rd, but
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A convoy escorted in March 1945 was HHX-344. This was a 20 ship section of a convoy which, when complete, had 74 ships. The British ship,
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appeared to be lifted bodily backwards and to starboard on the crest of a great wave. The ships were then about fifty yards apart.
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XB convoys ran from Halifax to Boston and BX convoys in the reverse direction. Bay of Fundy ports might be included in these runs.
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class should be ordered for construction. Approval was given at the same time for the building of thirty frigates and ten of the
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began to develop a ship which eventually supplanted the earlier minesweepers in the construction programmes and was known as the
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joined other ships to search for a killer U-boat in the Halifax approaches. The 20-ship convoy BX-141, while under escort of
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had to transfer 19 tons of fresh water to her. At Balboa on the 27th, the ships turned their bows northward in the Pacific.
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ONS-40 was met on the 25th. This convoy was badly scattered by strong winds, but was able to reform with improving weather.
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On 8 June 1945, the ship was formally transferred from the Western Escort Force and Escort Group W-2 to the Halifax Force.
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and her group escorted ON-261 and HX-320 during the first part of November 1944. From the 22nd to 26th, the ship was in
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took this route on the 6th, the day following that on which the final touch was given to her repairs. In company with
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In March, it was decided to fit minesweeping gear in two of the Algerines. The two ships chosen for the purpose were
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and launched 3 May 1943. The ship was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 18 May 1944 at Port Arthur.
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Escort Force. Turning around, they picked up a westbound convoy and returned with it to Halifax or New York.
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s helm was put to starboard 30 and speed increased to 13 knots in order to sheer off. The next wave carried
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s. Their immediate destination was Halifax. Here they completed storing for the long passage to Esquimalt.
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Following her refit, she was sailed to the Halifax approaches to search for a wreck. This was the wreck of
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received them finally from the Commodore of the convoy the next day when the weather had moderated.
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NHS 8280: HXF-305; RCN-RCAF Monthly Operational Review for September 1944, p 7; Convoy Books (NHS).
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was already borne by a British destroyer, the Board of Trade of the city had suggested the use of
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could not steer well. The ships then went out clear of the convoy and both headed into the wind.
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reported more recordings of U-boat transmissions, and again on 6 January 1945, when with HX-330.
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W-2 joined HX-330 on 3 January 1945 at New York after leaving ON-272 in that port. With
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NHS 8440: C-4. vol 2; RCN-RCAF Monthly Operational Review for September 1944, p 21
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Pursuant to this decision, sufficient ratings to enable the ship to be steamed to
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had been picked to be one of these ships and preparations were begun to transfer
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plugged the hole. But the attempt to transfer the documents had to be abandoned.
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Other convoys escorted during March 1945 were HX-342, ONS-44, XB-154 and BX-154.
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The attempt was unsuccessful, due to heavy following seas and violent squalls.
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The group proceeded to Shelburne in November 1945, to complete ammunitioning.
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The Naval Service of Canada: Activities on Shore During the Second World War
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was paid off into maintenance reserve, becoming a tender to the depot ship,
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was ordered 12 December 1941. The vessel was laid down on 26 August 1942 by
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class minesweepers were docked in early 1947. Of these, it was stated that
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A search was instituted, with aircraft assisting the ships. From Halifax,
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class lessened its usefulness as the war progressed. With the laying of
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Lieutenant J. Butterfield, RCNR. — 24 October 1945 to 15 January 1946
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at this time was having trouble with her evaporator and, one day,
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detached with ships for Halifax and the rest went on to New York.
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ocean. On the 27th, it was attacked and the Norwegian tanker,
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s equipment to her. Nor was this all that was removed from
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remained with her contact until daylight the next morning.
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minesweeper. The relatively limited steaming radius of the
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Reports of Proceedings of BORDER CITIES in NS 1156-442/18.
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Lieutenant B.P. Young, RCNR. — 18 May 1944 to 23 July 1945
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carried out attacks on contacts without visible results.
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Algerine-class minesweepers of the Royal Canadian Navy
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The ship served as a convoy escort in the 629:did likewise the following day, as well as 431:As a precedent, it was maintained that the 1626: 1612: 771:Because of a wind which was dead astern, 457:All these had proved to be satisfactory. 134:Atlantic 1944–45, English Channel 1944-45 1394: 1392: 1390: 1388: 1386: 1384: 1382: 1380: 1378: 1376: 1374: 1372: 1370: 1368: 1366: 1364: 1362: 1125:sensitive and elongated cat's whiskers." 379:. The entire Canadian contingent of the 1594:Algerine class @ Haze Gray and Underway 1419: 1360: 1358: 1356: 1354: 1352: 1350: 1348: 1346: 1344: 1342: 2694: 1582:. Vol. 2. Ottawa: King's Printer. 1577: 1533: 1531: 1415: 1413: 1098: 575:and the other two by a merchant ship, 2467: 1607: 1559:Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). 1424:. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1323: 1321: 1319: 1258:Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). 492:for duty with the escort group, W-2. 303:Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company Ltd. 205:2 × 1250 HP triple expansion engines. 29: 1510: 1492: 1483: 1465: 1456: 1447: 1339: 1291: 1289: 1253: 1251: 1225: 1223: 215:16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) 2722:World War II escort ships of Canada 2717:World War II minesweepers of Canada 1528: 1410: 1401: 420:and the name had been submitted by 13: 1330: 1316: 855: 390: 184:10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) 14: 2733: 1599:Border Cities @ ReadyAyeReady.com 1587: 1307: 1298: 1286: 1248: 1220: 1007:In Esquimalt on 15 January 1946, 919:Later in the month, on the 12th, 901:carried out an intensive search. 76:Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. 2642: 2597: 2476: 2360: 1646: 395: 192:2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) 31: 1540: 1519: 1501: 1474: 1438: 1407:NS 8000-374/1. – NS 4052-374/1. 1175: 1165: 1156: 1147: 1137: 1128: 1118: 950:required some repairs as well. 1420:Morison, Samuel Eliot (1947). 1276: 1194: 835:escorted her back to Halifax. 1: 1552: 869:for the site, and later ones 651:Battle of the Atlantic – 1945 461:Battle of the Atlantic – 1944 383:class was to be built by the 312: 1188: 1111: 375:class. Among the latter was 7: 2469:Post-World War II operators 1231:"HMCS Border Cities (J366)" 912:At the close of June 1945, 904:Each day of the search, an 583:, and so taken to Halifax. 385:Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co 10: 2738: 2707:Ships built in Thunder Bay 813:A damage control party in 2640: 2595: 2474: 2463: 2358: 1644: 923:made a short cruise with 871:Saint John, New Brunswick 387:of Port Arthur, Ontario. 176:68.6 m (225 ft) 146: 24: 20: 1578:Tucker, Gilbert (1952). 1092:, was secured to trots. 753:, and the US steamship, 810:herself was undamaged. 356:Again, compared to the 147:General characteristics 142:Sold for scrapping 1948 867:Liverpool, Nova Scotia 595:Shelburne, Nova Scotia 289:Battle of the Atlantic 1480:NS 1926-102/1, vol. 1 405:for the performance. 1202:"HMCS Border Cities" 490:Western Escort Force 435:-class minesweeper, 307:Port Arthur, Ontario 2368:Royal Canadian Navy 1638:-class minesweepers 1099:Commanding officers 1063:minesweeping gear. 717:SS Martin Van Buren 499:On 12 August 1944, 281:Royal Canadian Navy 279:that served in the 2650:South African Navy 2493:Adrien de Gerlache 1283:(Bangor) General.) 516:SS Empire Heritage 159:-class minesweeper 2689: 2688: 2685: 2684: 2605:Royal Ceylon Navy 1546:NS 8000-30, Vol.4 1489:NHS 8280: HHX-332 984:Kingston, Jamaica 799:behind, however, 261: 260: 2729: 2671:Pietermaritzburg 2648: 2646: 2645: 2603: 2601: 2600: 2568:Georges Lecointe 2555:Georges Lecointe 2482: 2480: 2479: 2465: 2464: 2433:Sault Ste. 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Index

Windsor, Ontario
Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Port Arthur
Pennant number
Algerine-class minesweeper
QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft gun
20 mm
Hedgehog
Depth charges
Algerine-class
minesweeper
Royal Canadian Navy
Second World War
Battle of the Atlantic
Windsor, Ontario
Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company Ltd.
Port Arthur, Ontario
Bangor-class
mines
Admiralty
Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co
Mayor Reaume
HMCS Westmount
hedgehog
Western Escort Force
HMCS Dunver
HMCS Orillia
HMCS Midland
HMCS Arvida
HMCS Montreal

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