HMCS Sarnia (J309)

Career (Canada)
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:
  • 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 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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