HMCS Chignecto (J160)
| History | |
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 Canada
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| Name: | Chignecto |
| 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 |
| Identification: | pennant number:J160 |
| 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 & 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 (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Complement: | 83 (6 Officers, 77 Ratings) |
| Armament: |
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HMCS Chignecto was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She only saw service on the west coast of Canada during the war. She was named for Chignecto Bay.
Chignecto was ordered 23 February 1940 as part of the 1939-1940 building programme.[1][2] She was laid down on 9 November 1940 by North Van Ship Repair at North Vancouver and launched 12 December later that year.[1] She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 31 October 1941.[3]
Service history
Following her commissioning, Chignecto was assigned to Esquimalt Force for local patrol and minesweeping duties. She spent the entire war on the west coast alternating between service with Esquimalt Force and Prince Rupert Force. She was paid off from the Royal Canadian Navy on 3 November 1945.[3]
In 1946 Chignecto was sold to the Union Steamship Co. of British Columbia along with her sisters HMCS Miramichi and HMCS Courtenay.[2] She was be converted to a coastal merchant ship however the conversion was not proceeded with.[3] She was eventually scrapped at the Point Hope Shipyard in Victoria, British Columbia in 1957.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "HMCS Chignecto (J160)". uboat.net. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- 1 2 McClearn, Sandy (2007). "Bangor Class". hazegray.org. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- 1 2 3 Macpherson, Ken; Burgess, John (1981). The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910-1981 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships. Toronto: Collins. ISBN 0-00216-856-1.
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