| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Bangor |
| Pennant | J 267 |
| Mod | Diesel engined |
| Built by | Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd. (Lauzon, Quebec, Canada) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 20 Mar 1941 |
| Launched | 5 Jun 1942 |
| Commissioned | 26 Jul 1942 |
| End service | 1958 |
| History | Decommissioned 31 July 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Digby (J 267)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Stanley Warren Howell, RCNR | 26 Jul 1942 | 9 Jul 1943 |
| 2 | T/Skr.Lt. John Winston Sharpe, RCNR | 10 Jul 1943 | 6 Apr 1944 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Edward Oswald Ormsby, RCNVR | 7 Apr 1944 | 31 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Digby include:
24 Aug 1944
HMS L 27 (Lt. J.N. Elliott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Beacon Hill (T/Lt.Cdr. E.T. Simmons, DSO, RCNVR), HMCS Digby (T/Lt. E.O. Ormsby, RCNVR), HMCS Trillium (T/Lt. K.E. Meredith, RCNVR) and HMCS Riviere du Loup (T/Lt. R.N. Smillie, RCNVR). (1)
28 Aug 1944
HMS L 27 (Lt. J.N. Elliott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Edmundston (T/Lt. J. Lecky, RCNVR) and HMCS Digby (T/Lt. E.O. Ormsby, RCNVR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 199/1830
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.