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HMCS Red DeerCanada
NameRed Deer
NamesakeCity of Red Deer
BuilderCanadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal
Laid down1 January 1941
Launched5 October 1941
Commissioned24 November 1941
Decommissioned30 October 1945
IdentificationPennant number: J255; 196 (1952)
Honours and
awards
Atlantic 1942–45,[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942, 1944[2]
FateSold for scrap 1959
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 Red Deer was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. The minesweeper saw action in the Battle of the Atlantic and the Battle of the St. Lawrence. She was named for Red Deer, Alberta. After the war the vessel was briefly reacquired by the Royal Canadian Navy, but was not recommissioned and was sold for scrap and broken up in 1959.

  1. ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  2. ^ "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 18 September 2013.

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