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History
HMCS BurlingtonCanada
NameBurlington
NamesakeBurlington, Ontario
BuilderDufferin Shipbuilding Co., Toronto
Laid down4 July 1940
Launched23 November 1940
Commissioned6 September 1941
Decommissioned30 October 1945
IdentificationPennant number: J250
Honours and
awards
Atlantic 1942-44, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942[1]
FateBroken up 1946
General characteristics
Class and typeBangor-class minesweeper
Displacement672 long tons (683 t)
Length180 ft (54.9 m) oa
Beam28 ft 6 in (8.7 m)
Draught9 ft 9 in (3.0 m)
Propulsion2 Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, 2 shafts, vertical triple-expansion reciprocating engines, 2,400 ihp (1,790 kW)
Speed16.5 knots (31 km/h)
Complement83
Armament
  • 1 x QF 3 in (76 mm) 20 cwt gun
  • 1 x QF 2 pdr Mark VIII
  • 2 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns
  • 40 depth charges as escort

HMCS Burlington (pennant J250) was a Bangor-class minesweeper constructed for the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. The minesweeper entered service in 1941 and took part in the Battle of the Atlantic and the Battle of the St. Lawrence as a convoy escort. The ship was decommissioned in 1945 and sold in 1946. The vessel was broken up for scrap in 1946.

  1. ^ "Royal Canadian Warships that Participated in the Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence". Veterans Affairs Canada. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

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