HMCS Chignecto (J160)
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| Career (Canada) |  |
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| Owner: | HM the King in right of Canada |
| Operator: | Royal Canadian Navy |
| Ordered: | February 23, 1940 |
| Builder: | North Vancouver Ship Repair, Lonsdale Quay, North Vancouver |
| Laid down: | November 9, 1940 |
| Launched: | December 12, 1940 |
| Commissioned: | October 31, 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | November 3, 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold to the Union Steamship Co. of British Columbia in 1946 |
| Badge: | Blazon Gules, a pile azure fimbriated argent charged with a sprig of bulrush or. Ship's colors are blue and gold. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Bangor Class Minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 672 tons |
| Length: | 180 feet (54.9 m) |
| Beam: | 28.5 feet (8.7 m) |
| Draught: | 8 feet (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Single shaft, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 triple expansion steam engines, 2,400 ihp. |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots |
| Complement: | 83 (6 Officers, 77 Ratings) |
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For other ships of the same name, see HMCS Chignecto.
HMCS Chignecto (J160) was a Bangor Class Minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.
The Chignecto was of the 1939-1940 construction period and was the first ship to bear this name. Built by North Vancouver Ship Repair Ltd., she was commissioned in October 1941 and served in the Royal Canadian Navy until she was paid off 3 November 1945 and sold to the Union Steamship Co. of British Columbia in 1946, as was HMCS Miramichi (J169) and HMCS Courtenay (J262).[1][2] [3]
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