| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Bangor |
| Pennant | J 255 |
| Built by | Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 1 Jan 1941 |
| Launched | 5 Oct 1941 |
| Commissioned | 24 Nov 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned on 30 October 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Red Deer (J 255)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. Arthur Moorhouse, RCNR | 24 Nov 1941 | 2 Feb 1943 |
| 2 | J A Mitchell, RCNR | 3 Feb 1943 | 31 Oct 1943 |
| 3 | J P Roberts, RCNVR | 1 Nov 1943 | 5 Jun 1944 |
| 4 | D B D Ross, RCNVR | 6 Jun 1944 | 1 Oct 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Red Deer include:
12 Jan 1942
The British merchant Cyclops is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-123 about 125 miles southeast of Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, Canada in position 41º51'N, 63º48'W. HMCS Red Deer (T/Lt. A. Moorhouse, RCNR) later picks up 95 survivors.