HMCS Georgian
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 Canada
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| Name: | Georgian |
| Builder: | Dufferin Shipbuilding Co., Toronto |
| Laid down: | 10 October 1940 |
| Launched: | 28 January 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 23 September 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 23 October 1945 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: J144 |
| Fate: | Broken up 1946 |
| 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 Georgian (pennant J144) was a Bangor-class minesweeper constructed for the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Primarily used as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic and the Battle of the St. Lawrence, the minesweeper had the misfortune of mistakenly sinking the British submarine HMS P514 off the coast of Newfoundland. Georgian also saw service in European waters, taking part in the invasion of Normandy. Following the war the ship was discarded and sold for scrap.
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.Georgian was of the latter design and was larger than her diesel-engined cousins. Georgian 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.
Georgian 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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