HMCS Middlesex (J328)

Career (Canada)
Name: Middlesex
Builder: Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company Ltd.
Laid down: 29 September 1942
Launched: 27 May 1943
Commissioned: 6 August 1944
Decommissioned: 31 December 1946
Identification: Pennant number: J328
Honours and
awards:
Atlantic 1944-45
General characteristics
Class and type:Algerine-class minesweeper
Displacement:990 tons
Length:68.6 (225 ft)
Beam:10.8 (35.5 ft)
Draught:2.6 (8.5 ft)
Propulsion:2 3-drum Yarrow style water tube all welded boilers, 2 1250 HP triple expansion engines.
Speed:16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Crew:107
Armament:1 × 4" HA single
4 × 20mm twin guns
1 × Hedgehog ASW mortar
Depth charges

HMCS Middlesex was an Algerine-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.

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