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CANADIAN NAVY - CANADA

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

105ft Admiralty-type motor minesweepers (LLEWELLYN) (1942-1944)

Llewellyn 1942

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Coquitlam J364   Newcastle SB, Nanaimo   5.1.1944 7.1944 sold 1946
Cranbrook J372   Star SB, New Westminster   5.6.1943 5.1944 sold 1947
Daerwood J357   Vancouver SYd   31.3.1943 4.1944 sold 1947
Kalamalka J395   A. C. Benson, Vancouver   29.12.1943 10.1944 sold 1947
Lavallee J371   A. C. Benson, Vancouver   27.5.1943 6.1944 sold 1947
Llewellyn J278   CM de St. Laurent, Ile de Orleans   14.11.1941 8.1942 sold 1958
Lloyd George J279   CM de St. Laurent, Ile de Orleans   14.11.1941 8.1942 sold 1952
Revelstoke J373   Star SB, New Westminster   3.11.1943 7.1944 sold 7.1957
Rossland J358   Vancouver SYd   14.8.1943 7.1944 sold 1946
St. Joseph J359   Newcastle SB, Nanaimo   14.9.1943 5.1944 sold 1947

 

Displacement standard, t

255

Displacement full, t

295

Length, m

36.4

Breadth, m

7.14

Draught, m

2.67 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

375 - 500

Max speed, kts

10 - 11

Fuel, t

diesel oil 24 - 26

Endurance, nm(kts) 2400(9.5)

Armament

(1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62) or 2 x 2 - 12.7/62 or 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Complement

20

Project history: Very successful design of wooden coastal minesweeper able to sweep magnetic and acoustic mines.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2015