| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Bangor |
| Pennant | J 165 |
| Mod | VTE reciprocating engined |
| Built by | Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd. (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) |
| Ordered | 23 Feb 1940 |
| Laid down | 18 Oct 1940 |
| Launched | 22 Jan 1941 |
| Commissioned | 2 Aug 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Decommissioned 6 October 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Minas (J 165)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. John Charles Barbour, RCNR | 2 Dec 1941 | 10 Sep 1942 |
| 2 | T/Lt. William Frederick Wood, RCNR | 11 Sep 1942 | 17 Jun 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt. James Barrett Lamb, RCNVR | 18 Jun 1943 | 25 Oct 1944 |
| 4 | T/Lt. John Gault Kingsmill, RCNVR | 26 Oct 1944 | 6 Oct 1945 |
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Notable events involving Minas include:
21 Nov 1942
HMCS Timmins (T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.M. Gillison, RCNR) and HMCS Minas (T/Lt. W.F. Wood, RCNR) together pick up 60 survivors from the British merchant Empire Sailor that had been torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-518 about 200 nautical miles southeast of Sydney, Nova Scotia in position 43°53'N, 55°02'W. However, several survivors had been poisoned by the phosgene gas carried as cargo and twenty of them died at sea or shortly after arriving at Halifax.