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Allied Warships

HMCS Drummondville (J 253)

Minesweeper of the Bangor class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBangor 
PennantJ 253 
Built byCanadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Oct, 1940 
Launched21 May, 1941 
Commissioned30 Oct, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 29 October 1945.
Recommissioned in ???? with penant number 181.
Decommissioned in ????. 

Noteable events involving Drummondville include:

9 Jul, 1942
HMCS Drummondville (Lt. J.P. Fraser, RCNR) picks up 34 survivors from the British merchant Dinaric that was torpedoed and damaged on 6 July 1942 in the St.Lawrence River south of Clarke City, Quebec, Canada in position 49º30'N, 66º30'W by the German submarine U-132. The Dinaric fially sank on 9 July 1942 in position 49º15'N, 66º43'W.


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