NAVY HISTORY - Ships - Mine Sweepers

HMCS UNGAVA

The Canadian West Coast became a ship building powerhouse during the Second World War for both Naval and merchant ships. Additional information regarding the construction, record and ultimate fate of these ships will be added to these pages as this project progresses with current information available through the links listed below.

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HMCS UNGAVA

Builder: North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd., North Vancouver, British Columbia

Construction Started: 24 April 1940

Launched: 9 October 1940

Commissioned : 5 September 1941

Pennant #: J149

Atlantic 1941–44, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944

Decommissioned : 3 April 1946

Scrapped 1947

Other Ships

Bangor Class - Mine Sweeper

Specifications

HMCS UNGAVA

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)

Compliment: 83

Armarments:
1 × QF 4 in (102 mm)/40 cal Mk IV gun
1 x QF 2 pdr Mark VIII
2 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns
40 depth charges as escort

Other Mine Sweepers

Commanders

Lt C. Winterbottom, RCNR - 05 Sep 1941 - 19 Jan 1942
Lt Francis Samuel Eric Scoates, RCNR - 20 Jan 1942 - 08 Feb 1943
Lt Denis Murray Coolican, RCNVR - 09 Sep 1943 - 12 Mar 1944
Lt John McGlinchey Home, RCNVR - 13 Mar 1944 - 17 Dec 1944
Lt J.W. Radford, RCNR - 18 Dec 1944 - 16 Jan 1945
Lt Francis Samuel Eric Scoates, RCNR - 20 Jan 1942 - 08 Feb 1943
Lt Denis Murray Coolican, RCNVR - 09 Sep 1943 - 12 Mar 1944
Lt John McGlinchey Home, RCNVR - 13 Mar 1944 - 17 Dec 1944
Lt J.W. Radford, RCNR - 18 Dec 1944 - 16 Jan 1945
Lt J.M. Home, RCNVR - 17 Jan 1945 - 30 Jan 1945
Lt Stuart Henderson, RCNR - 31 Jan 1945 - 09 Apr 1945
Lt Frank Kinnear Ellis, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1945 - 16 Jul 1945
Lt Fergus Cross, RCNR - 17 Jul 1945 - 30 Oct 1945

Sources

CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum Joseph M. Lenarcik, Assistant Curator. Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada
Government of Canada - Navy. https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories.html
PHOTO CREDIT - HMCS Ungava - http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_UNGAVA_J149.htm
Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
Douglas, W.A.B.; Sarty, Roger; Whitby, Michael (2002). No Higher Purpose: The Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War, 1939–1943 Volume II, Part I. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-061-6.
Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.
Macpherson, Ken (1997). Minesweepers of the Royal Canadian Navy 1938–1945. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 0-920277-55-1.
https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories.html
http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_UNGAVA_J149.htm
http://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=Ungava%20%28H.M.C.S.%29%20%28I%29&id=16234
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Ungava_(J149)

Cite Article : Reference: www.navyhistory/sections/Ships/Minesweepers/HMCS_Courtenay.html

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