HMCS Chignecto (J160)
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| Career (Canada) |
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| Namesake: |
Chignecto Bay |
| Ordered: |
23 February 1940 |
| Builder: |
North Van Ship Repair, Lonsdale Quay, North Vancouver |
| Laid down: |
9 November 1940 |
| Launched: |
12 December 1940 |
| Commissioned: |
31 October 1941 |
| Decommissioned: |
3 November 1945 |
| Fate: |
Sold to the Union Steamship Co. of British Columbia in 1946 |
| Badge: |
Blazon Gules, a pile azure fimbriated argent charged with a sprig of bulrush or. Ship's colors are blue and gold. |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Bangor-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: |
672 tons |
| Length: |
180 ft (54.9 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: |
16.5 knots |
| Complement: |
83 (6 Officers, 77 Ratings) |
| 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
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HMCS Chignecto (J160) was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.
The Chignecto was of the 1939-1940 construction period and was the first ship to bear this name. Built by North Van Ship Repair Ltd., she was commissioned in October 1941 and served in the Royal Canadian Navy until she was paid off 3 November 1945 and sold to the Union Steamship Co. of British Columbia in 1946, as was HMCS Miramichi (J169) and HMCS Courtenay (J262).[1][2] [3]
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