HMCS Bayfield
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Bayfield |
| Builder: | North Vancouver Ship Repairs, North Vancouver |
| Laid down: | 30 December 1940 |
| Launched: | 26 May 1941 |
| Identification: | pennant J08 |
| Fate: | Loaned to Royal Canadian Navy 1942 |
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Canada
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| Name: | Bayfield |
| Namesake: | Bayfield, Nova Scotia |
| Commissioned: | 26 February 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 24 September 1945 |
| Fate: | returned to Royal Navy 1945, broken up 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Bangor-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 672 long tons (683 t) |
| Length: | 180 ft (54.9 m) oa |
| Beam: | 28 ft 6 in (8.7 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft 9 in (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, 2 shafts, vertical triple-expansion reciprocating engines, 2,400 ihp (1,790 kW) |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots (31 km/h) |
| Complement: | 83 |
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HMCS Bayfield (pennant J08) was a Bangor-class minesweeper initially constructed for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1942, the minesweeper saw service on both the West and East Coasts of Canada as a convoy escort and patrol vessel. In 1944, Bayfield sailed for European waters and took part in the invasion of Normandy. She remained in European waters for the rest of the war and was returned to the United Kingdom in September 1945. The minesweeper was laid up until being discarded for scrap in 1948.
A British design, the Bangor-class minesweepers were smaller than the preceding Halcyon-class minesweepers in British service, but larger than the Fundy class in Canadian service. They came in two versions powered by different engines; those with a diesel engines and those with vertical triple-expansion steam engines.Bayfield was of the latter design and was larger than her diesel-engined cousins. Bayfield was 180 feet (54.9 m) long overall, had a beam of 28 feet 6 inches (8.7 m) and a draught of 9 feet 9 inches (3.0 m). The minesweeper had a displacement of 672 long tons (683 t). She had a complement of 6 officers and 77 enlisted.
Bayfield had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The engines produced a total of 2,400 indicated horsepower (1,800 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph). The minesweeper could carry a maximum of 150 long tons (152 t) of fuel oil.
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