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Sailing to the Gironde estuary on 12 April, the minesweeping flotilla swept an invasion channel for the attack force landing in the area. Once their minesweeping duties were completed, the minesweepers performed an anti-submarine patrol in the area. They continued in these duties until 16 April when the minesweepers returned to
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returned to Canada in August 1944 to undergo a refit at Sydney. The minesweeper returned to European waters in November and was assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla. In April 1945, the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla was assigned to the last large-scale combined operation in the European theatre.
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transferred to the British 4th Minesweeping Flotilla in May. During D-day operations, the 4th Minesweeping Flotilla was assigned to sweep assault channel 4 in the American sector. Once that was completed the 4th Minesweeping Flotilla was ordered to sweep between the channels 3 and 4.
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to deploy a smokescreen and order the minesweepers to cut sweeps and retire. The following day during the assault, the minesweepers were deployed again. Shore-based gunfire began raining down on the minesweepers again.
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in February 1944 as part of the Canadian contribution to the invasion of Normandy. After arriving on 13 March, the minesweeper was assigned to the 32nd Minesweeping Flotilla as the Senior Officer's Ship.
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had her 2-pounder gun replaced with a powered twin 20 mm mount in preparation for duties associated with the invasion of Normandy. Those ships assigned to convoy duty were armed with two
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was a member, arrived off Point Barfleur in mid-afternoon. German shore-based gunfire began to splash down around the minesweepers after an hour, leading the escorting
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escort. The ship then bounced around among local forces, joining the Halifax Local Defence Force and then the Shelburne Force operating out of
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to sweep a new minefield that had been laid in the approaches to the harbour. This took the flotilla ten days to complete, after which
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2 Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, 2 shafts, vertical triple-expansion reciprocating engines, 2,400 ihp (1,790 kW)
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and the 4th Minesweeping Flotilla continued their minesweeping duties off Normandy until 6 June, when they sailed back to
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was hit by shrapnel from a near miss and the destroyers were once again forced to lay a smokescreen.
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had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by two
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and the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla spent the next five months sweeping the English Channel.
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in Canadian service. They came in two versions powered by different engines; those with a
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remained in European waters until September, when the minesweeper returned to Canada.
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of 672 long tons (683 t). She had a complement of 6 officers and 77 enlisted.
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The minesweeper was ordered as part of the 1939–40 building programme and the
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and with a prize crew aboard, took the vessel back to the United Kingdom.
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was of the latter design and was larger than her diesel-engined cousins.
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of 9 feet 9 inches (3.0 m). The minesweeper had a
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launchers and four chutes to deploy their 40 depth charges.
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accepted the surrender of the German auxiliary minesweeper
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Douglas, W.A.B.; Sarty, Roger; Whitby, Michael (2007).
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mounted forward that was later replaced with a single
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on 4 October 1945 and laid up. The ship was sold to
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HMCS Thunder

Dufferin Shipbuilding Co.
Toronto
Pennant number
Bangor-class minesweeper
oa
QF 3 in (76 mm) 20 cwt gun
QF 2 pdr Mark VIII
QF 20 mm Oerlikon
depth charges
pennant
Bangor-class
minesweeper
Royal Canadian Navy
Second World War
Battle of the Atlantic
invasion of Normandy
broken up
Halcyon-class minesweepers
Fundy class
diesel engines
vertical triple-expansion steam
long overall
beam
draught
displacement
Admiralty three-drum boilers
indicated horsepower
knots

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