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Allied Warships

HMCS Minas (J 165)

Minesweeper of the Bangor class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBangor 
PennantJ 165 
Built byBurrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd. (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) 
Ordered23 Feb, 1940 
Laid down18 Oct, 1940 
Launched22 Jan, 1941 
Commissioned2 Aug, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 6 October 1945.
Recommissioned after 1949 with penant number 189.
Scrapped in August 1959. 

Noteable events involving Minas include:

21 Nov, 1942
HMCS Timmins (Lt. J.A. Brown, RCNR) and HMCS Minas (Lt. J.C. Barbour, RCNR) together pick up 42 survivors from the British merchant Empire Sailor south of Newfoundland in position 43º53'N, 55º12'W.


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