HMCS Clayoquot information

History
Canada
Name	Clayoquot
Namesake	Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia
Ordered	23 February 1940
Builder	Prince Rupert Dry Dock and Shipyards Co. Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Laid down	20 June 1940
Launched	3 October 1940
Commissioned	22 August 1941
Identification	Pennant number: J174
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1942–44, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk near Sambro, 24 December 1944
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 Clayoquot was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She saw action mainly in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was sunk in 1944. The minesweeper was named after Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.^[3]

^ "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.
^ Macpherson and Barrie, p. 170

[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.

[mac170-3] Macpherson and Barrie, p. 170

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History

Canada
Name	Clayoquot
Namesake	Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia
Ordered	23 February 1940
Builder	Prince Rupert Dry Dock and Shipyards Co. Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Laid down	20 June 1940
Launched	3 October 1940
Commissioned	22 August 1941
Identification	Pennant number: J174
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1942–44,^[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942^[2]
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk near Sambro, 24 December 1944
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