HMCS Granby (J264)

Career (Canada)
Commissioned: 2 May 1942
Recommissioned: 1953
Decommissioned: 1966
Honours and
awards:
Atlantic 1942-45, Gulf of St. Lawrence
General characteristics
Class and type: Bangor-class minesweeper
Displacement: 592 tons
Propulsion:

Twin shaft;

2 H&W diesel engines, 2,400 bhp;
Speed: 15.5 knots

HMCS Granby (J264) was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. She was commissioned on 2 May 1942 and paid off on 31 July 1945. She was recommissioned from 1953–1966 as a diving support ship.

She was used, along with HMCS Digby, in 1953 on Lake Ontario to test the Royal Canadian Navy's DATAR system.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ferranti-Packard: Pioneers in Canadian Electrical Manufacturing, Norman R. Ball, John N. Vardalas, McGill-Queen's Press, 1993