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Allied Warships

HMCS Burlington (J 250)

Minesweeper of the Bangor class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBangor 
PennantJ 250 
Built byDufferin Shipbuilding Co. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down4 Jul, 1940 
Launched23 Nov, 1940 
Commissioned6 Sep, 1941 
End service30 Oct, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 30 October 1945.
Sold in 1946. 

Noteable events involving Burlington include:

15 Apr, 1942
HMCS Burlington (Lt. J.M. Richardson, RCNVR) scuttles the wreck of the the Dutch tanker Ocana, that, on 25 March, was torpedoed south of Nova Scotia, Canada in position 42º36'N, 65º30'W by the German submarine U-552, with gunfire in position 43º24'N, 64º45'W.


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