HMCS Granby (J264)
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Career (Canada) | |
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Commissioned: | 2 May 1942 |
Recommissioned: | 1953 |
Decommissioned: | 1966 |
Honours and awards: | Atlantic 1942-44,[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942, 1944.[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class & 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.[3][4] 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.[5]
See also
- List of ships of the Canadian Navy
References
- ↑ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 18 Sep 2013.
- ↑ "Battle Honours 2". Veterans Affairs Canada. Retrieved 18 Sep 2013.
- ↑ "Ship History". Ready Aye Ready. Retrieved 18 Sep 2013.
- ↑ "Ship History 2". Haze Grey and Underway. Retrieved 18 Sep 2013.
- ↑ Ferranti-Packard: Pioneers in Canadian Electrical Manufacturing, Norman R. Ball, John N. Vardalas, McGill-Queen's Press, 1993
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