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HMCS Drummondville
History
HMCS DrummondvilleCanada
NameDrummondville
NamesakeDrummondville, Quebec
BuilderCanadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal
Laid down1 October 1941
Launched21 May 1941
Commissioned30 October 1941
Decommissioned29 October 1945
IdentificationPennant number: J253
Honours and
awards
Atlantic 1942–45,[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942[2]
FateSold for mercantile use. Sank 1963.
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 × 12-pounder (3 in (76 mm)) 12 cwt HA gun or QF 3-inch (76 mm) 20 cwt gun
  • 1 x QF 2 pdr Mark VIII
  • 2 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns
  • 40 depth charges as escort

HMCS Drummondville was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She saw action primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. Entering service in 1941, she was sold for mercantile service after the war. In 1963, as Fort Albany, the ship was involved in a collision near Sorel, Quebec and sank. The ship was later raised and broken up.

  1. ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  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 16 August 2013.

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