Career (Canada) | |
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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]
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