HMCS Grandmère
| History | |
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 Canada
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| Name: | Grandmère |
| Builder: | Canadian Vickers, Montreal |
| Laid down: | 2 June 1941 |
| Launched: | 21 August 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 11 December 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 23 October 1945 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: J262 |
| Fate: | Sold commercial service 1947 |
| 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 Grandmère (pennant J258) was a Bangor-class minesweeper constructed for the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Entering service in 1941, the minesweeper took part in the Battle of the Atlantic and the Battle of the St. Lawrence before being taken out of service in 1945. The ship was sold for mercantile service following the war, first as the yacht Elda and then the cargo ship Jacks Bay. The ship was sold for scrap in 1968.
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.Grandmère was of the latter design and was larger than her diesel-engined cousins. Grandmère 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.
Grandmère 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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