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HMCS Red Deer

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History
Canada
NamesakeCity of Red Deer
BuilderCanadian Vickers Ltd.
Laid down1 October 1941
Launched5 October 1941
Commissioned24 November 1941
Decommissioned30 October 1945
Honours and
awards
Atlantic 1942-45, Gulf of St. Lawrence
FateSold for scrap
General characteristics
Class and typeBangor-class minesweeper
Displacement672 tons
Length180 ft (55 m)
Beam28.5 ft (8.7 m)
Draught8 ft (2.4 m)
PropulsionSingle shaft, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 triple expansion steam engines, 2,400 ihp.
Speed16 knots
Complement83
Armamentlist error: mixed text and list (help)
  • 1 x QF 12 pounder (3 inch (76 mm)) gun
  • 1 x QF 2 pounder (40 mm) guns
  • 2 x QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns
  • 2 x Mk.II DC throwers, 4 x DC rails, 40 depth charges

HMCS Red Deer (J255) was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.

The Red Deer was of the 1940-1941 construction period. Built by Canadian Vickers Ltd. in Montreal, Quebec, she was commissioned in November 1941 and served in the Royal Canadian Navy until she was paid off in October 1945. 126 RCSCC Red Deer is a Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corp in Red Deer, Alberta that is named after the HMCS Red Deer.

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