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of 8 feet 3 inches (2.51 m). However, the size of the ship led to criticisms of their being too cramped for magnetic or acoustic minesweeping gear. This may have been due to all the additions made during the war with the installation of
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and remained at the shipyard there from 22 December 1942 to 6 March 1943 due to engine defects. Once those were repaired, the minesweeper performed her workups and was assigned to the
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She remained with that unit until May 1944 when the minesweeper was transferred to
Halifax Force, a local escort force based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. On 23 December, with
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549:. The ship remained in service at Halifax until 1960. The vessel was turned over to the Crown Assets Corporation, sold for scrap on 2 February 1961 and broken up at
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wings. For those ships assigned to convoy duty, they were armed with two depth charge launchers and two chutes for the 40 depth charges they carried.
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530:. She remained with this unit until June, after which the ship was deployed on various local tasks until her decommissioning. The minesweeper was
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service. However, due to the difficulty procuring diesel engines led to the small number of the diesel version being completed. The ships
358:(30.6 km/h). The vessels carried 65 long tons (66 t) of oil. The vessels had a complement of 6 officers and 77 ratings.
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was of the diesel-powered version, being equipped with a 9-cylinder diesel engine driving two shafts that produced 2,000
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592 long tons (601 t) standard and 690 long tons (700 t) fully loaded. They were 162 feet (49.4 m)
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sailed from
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Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
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was ordered as part of the 1940–41 building programme. The minesweeper's
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for the survivors while searching for the submarine. Ten minutes after
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446:(WLEF) in April. In June, WLEF's escorts were divided into groups and
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class was initially to be a scaled down minesweeper design of the
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895:(Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing.
287:. The vessel served until 1961 before being sold for scrap and
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Nelson to
Vanguard: Warship Design and Development 1923–1945
354:(1,500 kW). This gave the ship a maximum speed of 16.5
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2 shafts, 9-cylinder diesel, 2,000 bhp (1,500 kW)
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gun aft and were eventually fitted with single-mounted
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Colledge has the ship transferred to the RCMP in 1950.
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List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy
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Bangor-class minesweepers of the Royal
Canadian Navy
373:mounted forward. The ships were also fitted with a
872:Haycock, John (2011). Vassilopoulos, Peter (ed.).
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912:Minesweepers of the Royal Canadian Navy 1938–1945
812:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946
1947:
890:
522:collected survivors. From February to May 1945,
914:. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing.
857:. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing.
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420:at Sorel on 25 November 1942. She was the last
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853:Darlington, Robert A.; McKee, Fraser (1996).
838:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
893:The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002
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874:The History of the RCMP Marine Services
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400:was laid on 18 December 1940 by
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574:"Cwt" is the abbreviation for
326:of 28 feet (8.5 m) and a
224:QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun
1:
810:Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980).
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279:Royal Canadian Mounted Police
594:
361:The Canadian diesel-powered
346:class came in two versions.
7:
876:. Ottawa: Queen's Printer.
490:, sinking the minesweeper.
365:s were armed with a single
10:
1977:
1961:Ships built in Sorel-Tracy
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486:fired a torpedo which hit
444:Western Local Escort Force
188:8.25 ft (2.51 m)
164:592 long tons (601 t)
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1818:
1419:
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172:162 ft (49.4 m)
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24:
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910:Macpherson, Ken (1997).
704:Macpherson (1997), p. 58
561:
832:; Warlow, Ben (2006) .
204:16 knots (30 km/h)
180:28 ft (8.5 m)
143:General characteristics
795:. Chatham Publishing.
678:Chesneau (1980), p. 61
528:Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
481:German submarine
402:Marine Industries Ltd.
375:QF 2-pounder Mark VIII
295:Design and description
230:QF 2-pounder Mark VIII
72:Marine Industries Ltd.
541:On 1 September 1945,
427:After commissioning,
412:on 26 April 1941 and
371:12-pounder 12 cwt gun
791:Brown, D.K. (2000).
440:Halifax, Nova Scotia
1429:Royal Canadian Navy
963:-class minesweepers
551:LaHave, Nova Scotia
536:Sydney, Nova Scotia
534:on 31 July 1945 at
526:was under refit at
509:detonated close to
477:Sambro Light Vessel
450:was placed in W-2.
271:Royal Canadian Navy
768:Miramar Ship Index
155:-class minesweeper
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1828:Royal Indian Navy
883:978-0-919317-47-5
845:978-1-86176-281-8
553:later that year.
379:QF 20 mm Oerlikon
291:later that year.
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