Allied Warships

HMCS Coquitlam (J 364)

Minesweeper of the Llewellyn class

NavyThe Royal Canadian Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassLlewellyn 
PennantJ 364 
Built byNewcastle Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada) 
OrderedSep 1942 
Laid down 
Launched5 Jan 1944 
Commissioned25 Jul 1944 
End service30 Nov 1945 
History

Decommissioned 30 November 1945.
Sold in 1946.
Renamed Wilcox.
Ran aground at Carleton point, Anticosti Island in June 1954. As of May 2007 the ship is still there and has a broken back.

 

Commands listed for HMCS Coquitlam (J 364)

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1T/Lt. George John McNamara, RCNVR8 Jul 194413 Sep 1945

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