Allied Warships

HMCS Red Deer (J 255)

Minesweeper of the Bangor class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBangor 
PennantJ 255 
Built byCanadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Jan 1941 
Launched5 Oct 1941 
Commissioned24 Nov 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned on 30 October 1945.
Recommissioned after 1949 with penant number 196.
Sold in February 1959.

 

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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.

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