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HMCS New Liskeard (J 397)

Minesweeper of the Algerine class


New Liskeard as completed.

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAlgerine 
PennantJ 397 
Built byPort Arthur Shipbuilding Co. (Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down7 Aug, 1943 
Launched31 Jan, 1944 
Commissioned21 Nov, 1944 
End service, 1969 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 4 August 1946.
Became a training ship in 1948.
Became a oceanographic observation ship in 1948.
Decommissioned in 1969 and sold for scrap. 

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