HMCS Border Cities (J344)
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| Career (Canada) |  |
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| Name: | HMCS Border Cities |
| Builder: | Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company Ltd. |
| Yard number: | J344 |
| Laid down: | August 26, 1942 |
| Launched: | May 3, 1943 |
| Commissioned: | May 18, 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | January 15, 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Algerine Minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 990 tons |
| Length: | 68.6 (225 ft.) |
| Beam: | 10.8 (35.5 ft.) |
| Draught: | 2.6 (8.5 ft.) |
| Propulsion: | 2 3-drum Yarrow style water tube all welded boilers, 2 1250 HP triple expansion engines. |
| Speed: | 16 knots |
| Crew: | 107 |
| Armament: | 1 4" HA single, 4 20mm twin guns, 1 Hedgehog ASW mortar, depth charges |
HMCS Border Cities (J344) was a Algerine Class Minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.
