HMCS Vegreville (J257)
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| Career (Canada) |  |
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| Namesake: | Town of Vegreville |
| Builder: | Canadian Vickers Ltd. |
| Laid down: | 2 June 1941 |
| Launched: | 7 October 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 10 December 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 June 1945 |
| Honours and awards: | Atlantic 1944, Normandy 1944,[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942[2] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Bangor-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 672 tons |
| Length: | 180 ft (55 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 knots |
| Complement: | 77 |
| Armament: |
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HMCS Vegreville (J257) was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.
The Vegreville was mined in the English Channel off France on 6 June 1945 and was declared a total constructive loss and beyond economical repair. She was scrapped in 1947.
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.
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