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Allied Warships

HMCS Kentville (J 312)

Minesweeper of the Bangor class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBangor 
PennantJ 312 
Built byPort Arthur Shipbuilding Co. (Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down15 Dec, 1941 
Launched17 Apr, 1942 
Commissioned10 Oct, 1942 
End service, 1957 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 28 October 1945.
Recommissioned with penant number 182 after 1949.
Decommissioned and transferred to Turkey in 1957.
Renamed Bartin and served untill 1972.  

Noteable events involving Kentville include:

14 Jan, 1945
HMCS Kentville picks up 5 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Polarland that was torpedoed and sunk off Halifax in position 44º30'N, 63º00'W by the German submarine U-1232.


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