| Characteristics:
Displacement: 990 tons
Dimensions: 68.6 x 10.8 x 2.6 meters (225 x 35.5 x 8.5 feet)
Propulsion: 2 3-drum Yarrow style water tube all welded boilers,
2 1250 HP triple expansion engines, 16 knots
Crew: 107
Radar: Type 271
Sonar:
Fire Control: none
EW: none
Armament: 1 4" HA single, 4 20mm twin guns, 1 Hedgehog ASW mortar,
depth charges.
Ships:
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Name
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Pendant
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Commissioned
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Paid Off
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Notes
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BORDER CITIES
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J344
|
18/5/44
|
15/1/46
|
|
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FORT FRANCES
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J396/170
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28/10/44
|
3/8/45
|
Hydrographic survey ship 1948,
Oceanographic survey ship 1958-1974
|
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KAPUSKASING
|
J326/171
|
17/8/44
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27/3/46
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Hydrographic survey ship 1949-1972,
Sunk as target 1978
|
|
MIDDLESEX
|
J328
|
8/6/44
|
31/12/46
|
SAR ship 1946,
Wrecked 1946
|
|
NEW LISKEARD
|
J397/169
|
21/11/44
|
8/4/46
|
Training ship 1946,
Oceanographic survey ship 1958-1969
|
|
OSHAWA
|
J330/174
|
6/7/44
|
28/7/45
|
Oceanographic survey ship 1958-1966
|
|
PORTAGE
|
J331/169
|
22/10/43
|
31/7/45
|
Training ship 1947-1958
|
|
ROCKLIFFE
|
J335/173
|
30/9/44
|
28/7/45
|
Training ship 1947-1950
|
|
SAULT STE MARIE
|
J334/176
|
24/6/43
|
12/1/46
|
Training ship 1949-1950
|
|
ST BONIFACE
|
J332
|
10/9/43
|
25/9/46
|
Panamanian Bess Barry M. 1946-1954
|
|
WALLACEBURG
|
J336/172
|
18/11/43
|
7/10/46
|
Training ship 1950-1957,
Belgian GEORGES LECOINTE 1959-1969
|
|
WINNIPEG
|
J337/177
|
29/7/43
|
11/1/46
|
Belgian A. F. DUFOUR 1959-1966
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Photos:
(click on thumbnail for larger image)
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HMCS ST. BONIFACE at sea. She is fitted out as a convoy escort, with
depth charges on the rails right aft, and a depth charge thrower at the
forward end of the quarterdeck. The shared lineage with the BANGOR class
minesweepers is plainly apparent. DND Photo, Courtesy of Don Thompson. |
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