HMCS ''Comox'' was a built for the
Royal Canadian Navy during the
Cold War
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. The vessel was named for
Comox Harbour, a bay in
British Columbia. The minesweeper was later transferred to the
Turkish Navy where she was renamed ''Tirebolu'' and served until 1996.
Design
The Bay class were designed and ordered as replacements for the
Second World War-era minesweepers that the Royal Canadian Navy operated at the time. Similar to the , they were constructed of wood planking and aluminum framing.
[Gardiner and Chumbley, p. 49.][Macpherson and Barrie, p. 271.]
Displacing and at deep load, the minesweepers were long with a
beam
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of and a
draught of .
[ They had a complement of 38 officers and ratings.][Gardiner and Chumbley state the complement was 40.][
The Bay-class minesweepers were powered by two GM 12-cylinder diesel engines driving two shafts creating . This gave the ships a maximum speed of .][ The ships were armed with one ]Bofors 40 mm gun Bofors 40 mm gun is a name or designation given to two models of 40 mm calibre anti-aircraft guns designed and developed by the Swedish company Bofors:
*Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun - developed in the 1930s, widely used in World War II and into the 1990s
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and were equipped with minesweeping gear.[
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Service history
''Comox'' was laid down on 8 June 1951 by Victoria Machinery Depot at Victoria with the yard number 53 and launched on 24 April 1952.[Macpherson and Barrie, p. 272.] The vessel was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 2 April 1954 with the hull identification number 146.[
''Comox'' spent three years in service with the Royal Canadian Navy. The minesweeper was paid off on 11 September 1957. She was transferred to Turkey on 31 March 1958 and renamed TCG ''Tirebolu'' with the identification number M-352.][ She was sold in 1996.][Colledge, p. 150.]
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Minesweepers of the Royal Canadian Navy
Bay-class minesweepers
Ships built in Victoria, British Columbia
1952 ships
Cold War minesweepers of Canada