HMCS Brockville
HMCS Brockville was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She was used as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic and the Battle of the St. Lawrence. Following the war, the vessel was transferred to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and renamed Macleod. After five years service with them, the ship was reacquired the Royal Canadian Navy and recommissioned. She remained in service until 1958.
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Name | Brockville |
| Namesake | Brockville, Ontario |
| Builder | Marine Industries Limited, Sorel |
| Laid down | 9 December 1940 |
| Launched | 20 June 1941 |
| Commissioned | 19 September 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 28 August 1945 |
| Identification | Pennant number: J270 |
| Recommissioned | 5 April 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 31 October 1958 |
| Identification | Pennant number: 283 |
| Honours and awards | Atlantic 1943–45, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944. |
| Fate | Broken up 1961 |
| Badge | Argent, a lion passant guardant gules, holding in his dexter paw a fleur-de-lis azure |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Bangor-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 592 long tons (601 t) |
| Length | 162 ft (49.4 m) |
| Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught | 8.25 ft (2.51 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 9-cylinder diesel, 2,000 bhp (1,500 kW) |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (31 km/h) |
| Complement | 83 |
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