HMCS Digby
Appearance
![]() HMCS Digby (J267)
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History | |
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Namesake | Digby, Nova Scotia |
Commissioned | 26 July 1942 |
Recommissioned | 1953 |
Decommissioned | 1958 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1942-44,[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942, 1944.[2] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bangor-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 592 tons |
Propulsion | Twin shaft; 2 H&W diesel engines, 2,400 bhp; |
Speed | 15.5 knots |
HMCS Digby (J267) was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy. She was commissioned on 26 July 1942 and paid off on 31 July 1945. She was recommissioned from 1953-1958.[3]
She was used, along with HMCS Granby, in 1953 on Lake Ontario to test the Royal Canadian Navy's DATAR system.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 18 Sep 2013.
- ^ "Battle Honours 2". Veterans Affairs Canada. Retrieved 18 Sep 2013.
- ^ Haze Gray and Underway
- ^ Ferranti-Packard: Pioneers in Canadian Electrical Manufacturing, Norman R. Ball, John N. Vardalas, McGill-Queen's Press, 1993