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Allied Warships

HMCS Transcona (J 271)

Minesweeper of the Bangor class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBangor 
PennantJ 271 
Built byMarine Industries Ltd. (Sorel, Quebec, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down18 Dec, 1940 
Launched26 Apr, 1941 
Commissioned25 Nov, 1942 
End service31 Jul, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 31 July 1945.
Served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as French from 1945 untill 1961. 

Noteable events involving Transcona include:

6 Mar, 1943
HMCS Transcona (Lt. H.B. Tindale, RCNVR) ended a refit at Halifax.


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