HMCS Cowichan (J146)

Career (Canada)
Namesake: Cowichan Valley
Builder: North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd.
Laid down: 24 April 1940
Launched: 8 September 1940
Commissioned: 4 July 1941
Decommissioned: 9 October 1945
Honours and
awards:
Atlantic 1941-1945, Normandy 1944
Fate: Sold
General characteristics
Class and type: Bangor-class minesweeper
Displacement: 672 tons
Length: 180 ft (55 m)
Beam: 28.5 ft (8.7 m)
Draught: 8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion: Single shaft, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 triple expansion steam engines, 2,400 ihp.
Speed: 16 knots
Complement: 83
Armament:
  • 1 x QF 12 pounder (3 inch (76 mm)) gun
  • 1 x QF 2 pounder (40 mm) guns
  • 2 x QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns
  • 2 x Mk.II DC throwers, 4 x DC rails, 40 depth charges

HMCS Cowichan (J146) was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.

She was commissioned in July 1941, and she wore pennant J146 until she was paid off in October 1945. She was sold to Greece in 1946.

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