Allied Warships

HMCS Transcona (J 271)

Minesweeper of the Bangor class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBangor 
PennantJ 271 
Built byMarine Industries Ltd. (Sorel, Quebec, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down18 Dec 1940 
Launched26 Apr 1941 
Commissioned25 Nov 1942 
End service31 Jul 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 31 July 1945.
Served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as French from 1945 untill 1961.

 

Commands listed for HMCS Transcona (J 271)

Please note that we're still working on this section.

CommanderFromTo
1H B Tindale, RCNVR25 Nov 194217 Jan 1944
2A E Geoch, RCNR18 Jan 1944ca early45
3A W R Bell, RCNVRca early4531 Jul 1945

You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.

Noteable events involving Transcona include:


6 Mar 1943
HMCS Transcona (T/Lt. H.B. Tindale, RCNVR) ended a refit at Halifax.

Return to the Allied Warships section