Allied Warships
HMCS Grandmere (J 258)
Minesweeper of the Bangor class
HMCS Grandmere (in the middle) with two sister ships.Photograph taken by Charles James Sadler, RCNVR. First Class Stoker, Official number V-4963.
| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Bangor |
| Pennant | J 258 |
| Built by | Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 2 Jun 1941 |
| Launched | 21 Aug 1941 |
| Commissioned | 11 Dec 1941 |
| End service | 23 Oct 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 23 October 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Grandmere (J 258)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. James Cuthbert, RCNR | 26 Nov 1941 | 20 Apr 1944 |
| 2 | N W Winters, RCNVR | 21 Apr 1944 | 23 Oct 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Grandmere include:
14 Oct 1942
HMCS Grandmere (T/Lt. J. Cuthbert, RCNR) picks up 101 survivors from the British railway ferry Caribou that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-69 in the Cabot Strait in position 47º19'N, 59º29'W.