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Namesake: | City of Sarnia |
Builder: | Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd. |
Laid down: | 18 September 1941 |
Launched: | 21 January 1942 |
Commissioned: | 13 August 1942 |
Decommissioned: | 28 October 1945 |
Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1942–43, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942 |
Fate: | Sold to Turkey |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Bangor-class minesweeper |
Displacement: | 672 tons |
Length: | 180 ft (55 m) |
Beam: | 28.5 ft (8.7 m) |
Draught: | 8.3 ft (2.5 m) |
Propulsion: | Single shaft, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 triple expansion steam engines, 2,400 ihp. |
Speed: | 16.5 knots |
Complement: | 83 |
Armament: |
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HMCS Sarnia (J309) was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.
The Sarnia was ordered to be built as part of the Royal Canadian Navy's 1941–42 shipbuilding programme. She was named after the city of Sarnia, Ontario.
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