HMCS ''Quinte'' (Pennant number, pennant J166) was a constructed for the Royal Canadian Navy during the World War II, Second World War. The ship entered service in 1941 and took part in the Battle of the Atlantic. On 30 November 1942, ''Quinte'' ran aground and sank off Cape Breton Island. The ship was re-floated and repaired and spent the rest of the war as a training ship. Following the war, the minesweeper was used for naval research until Ship decommissioning, decommissioned in 1946. The vessel was sold for scrap and Ship breaking, broken up in 1947.

Design and description

A British design, the ''Bangor''-class minesweepers were smaller than the preceding s in British service, but larger than the in Canadian service.Chesneau, p. 64Macpherson and Barrie (2002), p. 167 They came in two versions powered by different engines; those with a diesel engines and those with Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion, vertical triple-expansion steam engines. ''Quinte'' was of the latter design and was larger than her diesel-engined cousins. ''Quinte'' was Length overall, long overall, had a Beam (nautical), beam of and a Draft (hull), draught of . The minesweeper had a Displacement (ship), displacement of . She had a complement of 6 officers and 77 enlisted. ''Quinte'' 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 and gave a maximum speed of . The minesweeper could carry a maximum of of fuel oil. ''Quinte'' was armed with a single quick-firing gun, quick-firing (QF) QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII, /40 caliber Mk IV gun mounted forward.Macpherson (1997), p. 19 For anti-aircraft purposes, the minesweeper was equipped with one QF 2 pounder naval gun, QF 2-pounder Mark VIII and two single-mounted Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns. As a convoy escort, ''Quinte'' was deployed with 40 depth charges launched from two depth charge throwers and four chutes.

Operational history

The minesweeper was ordered as part of the 1939–40 construction programme. The ship's keel was laid down on 14 December 1940 by Burrard Dry Dock Co, Ltd. at their yard in Vancouver. Named for a Bay of Quinte, bay in Ontario, ''Quinte'' was Ship naming and launching, launched on 8 March 1941 and Ship commissioning, commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 30 August 1941.Macpherson and Barrie (2002), p. 175 Sent to the Atlantic Canada, East Coast of Canada, ''Quinte'' arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 14 November 1941. The minesweeper was assigned to the Western Local Escort Force as a convoy escort and remained with the unit until June 1942. That month, the ship transferred to Halifax Force, the local escort and patrol force operating out of Halifax. In October the ship underwent a six-week refit at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Following completion of the refit, ''Quinte'' ran aground and sank at the entrance to St. Peter's Canal, Cape Breton Island on 30 November 1942. ''Quinte'' was re-floated and towed to Pictou, Nova Scotia on 25 April 1943 where she underwent repairs. After the repairs were completed in June 1944, the minesweeper was sent to Digby, Nova Scotia where she became a training ship at . From 21 August 1944 until December 1945 she remained in this duty. Following this, the ship was loaned to the Naval Research Establishment until 25 October 1946, when the minesweeper was Ship decommissioning, paid off. ''Quinte'' was put up for sale on 4 August 1947 and sold to Dominion Steel Corporation to be Ship breaking, broken up at Sydney, Nova Scotia.

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