Minesweeper of the Bangor class
| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Bangor |
| Pennant | J 263 |
| Built by | Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd. (Lauzon, Quebec, Canada) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 17 Dec, 1940 |
| Launched | 6 Jul, 1941 |
| Commissioned | 4 Dec, 1941 |
| End service | 18 Aug, 1945 |
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| History | Decommissioned 18 August 1945.
Served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as Cygnet from 1945 untill 1961. |
| Noteable events involving Melville include: 22 Feb, 1942
HMCS Melville (T/Lt. R.T. Ingram, RCNR) picks up 2 survivors from the British tanker Kars that was torpedoed and heavy damaged by the German submarine U-96 south of Halifax in position 44º15'N, 63º25'W. The forepart of the tanker sank and the afterpart was towed to Halifax, where it was beached on 27 February and declared at total loss. 18 May, 1942
HMCS Melville (T/A/Lt.Cdr R.T. Ingram, RCNR) picks up 11 survivors from the British merchant Fort Qu´Appelle that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-135 north of Bermuda in position 39º50'N, 63º30'W. 3 Feb, 1943
HMCS Melville (A/Lt.Cdr. E.R. Shaw, RCNR) arrives at Lunenburg for a refit. |
