Minesweepers

Bangor class

54 ships

The minesweeper HMCS Esquimalt (J 272) of the Royal Canadian Navy. She was lost on 16 Apr 1945.

Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	672 BRT
Length	180 feet
Complement	60 men
Armament	1 3" AA gun light AA armament varied
Max speed	16 knots
Engines	Diesel motors / Reciprocating engines (VTE) / Geared turbines, 2 shafts
Power	2000 BHP / 2400 IHP / 2400 SHP
Notes on class	There were three variants of the class; Diesel engined, reciprocating engined and turbine engined. Displacement, dimensions and armament was not exactly the same for each variant. Photographs taken by Charles James Sadler, RCNVR. First Class Stoker, Official number V-4963.

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Diesel engined
	HMCS Brockville (J 270)
	HMCS Digby (J 267)
	HMCS Granby (J 264)
	HMCS Lachine (J 266)
	HMCS Noranda (J 265)
	HMCS Transcona (J 271)
	HMCS Truro (J 268)
	HMCS Esquimalt (J 272)	Lost on 16 Apr 1945
	HMCS Melville (J 263)
	HMCS Trois Rivieres (J 269)
VTE reciprocating engined
	HMCS Bellechasse (J 170)
	HMCS Blairmore (J 314)
	HMCS Burlington (J 250)
	HMCS Chedabucto (J 168)	Lost on 31 Oct 1943
	HMCS Courtenay (J 262)
	HMCS Cowichan (J 146)
	HMCS Drummondville (J 253)
	HMCS Gananoque (J 259)
	HMCS Georgian (J 144)
	HMCS Goderich (J 260)
	HMCS Grandmere (J 258)
	HMCS Kelowna (J 261)
	HMCS Kenora (J 281)
	HMCS Kentville (J 312)
	HMCS Mahone (J 159)
	HMCS Medicine Hat (J 256)
	HMCS Milltown (J 317)
	HMCS Minas (J 165)
	HMCS Miramichi (J 169)
	HMCS Nipigon (J 154)
	HMCS Outarde (J 161)
	HMCS Port Hope (J 280)
	HMCS Quatsino (J 152)
	HMCS Red Deer (J 255)
	HMCS Sarnia (J 309)
	HMCS Stratford (J 310)
	HMCS Swift Current (J 254)
	HMCS Thunder (J 156)
	HMCS Vegreville (J 257)
	HMCS Wasaga (J 162)
	HMCS Westmount (J 318)
	HMCS Bayfield (J 08)
	HMCS Canso (J 21)
	HMCS Caraquet (J 38)
	HMCS Chignecto (J 160)
	HMCS Clayoquot (J 174)	Lost on 24 Dec 1944
	HMCS Fort William (J 311)
	HMCS Guysborough (J 52)	Lost on 17 Mar 1945
	HMCS Ingonish (J 69)
	HMCS Lockeport (J 100)
	HMCS Malpeque (J 148)
	HMCS Mulgrave (J 313)
	HMCS Quinte (J 166)
	HMCS Ungava (J 149)
54 Minesweepers of the Bangor class. 4 of them were lost.

Bangor class ships hit by U-boats (4)
24 Dec 1944	HMCS Clayoquot	Sunk	U-806
16 Apr 1945	HMCS Esquimalt	Sunk	U-190
17 Mar 1945	HMCS Guysborough	Sunk	U-868
11 Oct 1943	HMS Hythe	Sunk	U-371

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