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Allied Warships

HMCS Comox (J 64)

Minesweeper of the Fundy class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassFundy 
PennantJ 64 
Built byBurrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd. (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) 
Ordered 
Laid down5 Feb, 1938 
Launched9 Aug, 1938 
Commissioned23 Nov, 1938 
End service27 Jul, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 27 July 1945.
Sold to China in 1946 and renamed Sung Ming. 

Noteable events involving Comox include:

14 Jan, 1945
HMCS Comox and HMCS Fundy together pick up 66 survivors from the American merchant Martin Van Buren that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-1232 east of Halifax in position 44º28'N, 63º28'W.


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