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HMCS TransconaCanada
NameTranscona
NamesakeTranscona, Manitoba
BuilderMarine Industries Ltd., Sorel
Laid down18 December 1940
Launched26 April 1941
Commissioned25 November 1942
Decommissioned31 July 1945
IdentificationPennant number: J271
Honours and
awards
Atlantic 1943-45[1]
FateScrapped, 1961
General characteristics
Class and typeBangor-class minesweeper
Displacement592 long tons (601 t)
Length162 ft (49.4 m)
Beam28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught8.25 ft (2.51 m)
Propulsion2 shafts, 9-cylinder diesel, 2,000 bhp (1,500 kW)
Speed16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement83
Armament
  • 1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun
  • 1 × QF 2-pounder Mark VIII
  • 2 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns
  • 40 depth charges as escort

HMCS Transcona was a Bangor-class minesweeper built for the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She was launched on 26 April 1941. After the war, she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police under the name French. The vessel served until 1961 before being sold for scrap and broken up later that year.[2]

  1. ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 25 Jan 2019.
  2. ^ "HMCS Transcona". Naval Museum of Manitoba. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

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