HMCS Chedabucto information

History
Canada
Name	Chedabucto
Namesake	Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia
Ordered	23 February 1940
Builder	Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., North Vancouver
Laid down	24 January 1941
Launched	14 April 1941
Commissioned	27 September 1941
Out of service	21 October 1943
Identification	Pennant number: J168
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1942–43, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942
Fate	Sunk in collision 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Bangor-class minesweeper
Displacement	672 long tons (683 t)
Length	180 ft (54.9 m) oa
Beam	28 ft 6 in (8.7 m)
Draught	9 ft 9 in (3.0 m)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, 2 shafts, vertical triple-expansion reciprocating engines, 2,400 ihp (1,790 kW)
Speed	16.5 knots (31 km/h)
Complement	83
Armament	1 × QF 4 in (102 mm)/40 cal Mk IV gun; 1 × QF 2-pounder Mark VIII; 2 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns; 40 depth charges as escort;

HMCS Chedabucto was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. During the Battle of the St. Lawrence in 1943, Chedabucto was sunk in a collision with a cable ship.

^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
^ "Royal Canadian Warships – The Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence – Second World War". Veterans Affairs Canada. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.

[Britain-1] "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 28 July 2013.

[veterans-2] "Royal Canadian Warships – The Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence – Second World War". Veterans Affairs Canada. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.

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History

Canada
Name	Chedabucto
Namesake	Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia
Ordered	23 February 1940
Builder	Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., North Vancouver
Laid down	24 January 1941
Launched	14 April 1941
Commissioned	27 September 1941
Out of service	21 October 1943
Identification	Pennant number: J168
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1942–43,^[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942^[2]
Fate	Sunk in collision 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Bangor-class minesweeper
Displacement	672 long tons (683 t)
Length	180 ft (54.9 m) oa
Beam	28 ft 6 in (8.7 m)
Draught	9 ft 9 in (3.0 m)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, 2 shafts, vertical triple-expansion reciprocating engines, 2,400 ihp (1,790 kW)
Speed	16.5 knots (31 km/h)
Complement	83
Armament	1 × QF 4 in (102 mm)/40 cal Mk IV gun 1 × QF 2-pounder Mark VIII 2 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns 40 depth charges as escort