HMCS Drummondville

HMCS Drummondville
History
Canada
Name	Drummondville
Namesake	Drummondville, Quebec
Builder	Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal
Laid down	1 October 1941
Launched	21 May 1941
Commissioned	30 October 1941
Decommissioned	29 October 1945
Identification	Pennant number: J253
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1942–45,[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942[2]
Fate	Sold for mercantile use. Sank 1963.
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
Armament	1 × 12-pounder (3 in (76 mm)) 12 cwt HA gun or QF 3-inch (76 mm) 20 cwt gun 1 x QF 2 pdr Mark VIII 2 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns 40 depth charges as escort

HMCS Drummondville was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She saw action primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. Entering service in 1941, she was sold for mercantile service after the war. In 1963, as Fort Albany, the ship was involved in a collision near Sorel, Quebec and sank. The ship was later raised and broken up.