HMCS ''Trinity'' (
hull number MCB 157) was a that was constructed for the
Royal Canadian Navy during the
Cold War
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. Entering service in 1954, the minesweeper was
paid off in 1958 and transferred to the
Turkish Navy. Renamed ''Terme'', the ship remained in service until 1991.
Design and description
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.
[Macpherson and Barrie, p. 271][Gardiner and Chumbley, p. 49]
Displacing standard at at deep load, the minesweepers were
long
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with a
beam
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of and a
draught of .
[ They had a complement of 38 officers and ratings.][Gardiner and Chumbley claim 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 and a range of at .[Moore, p. 82] The ships were armed with one 40 mm Bofors 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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gun and were equipped with minesweeping gear.[
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Operational history
The ship's keel was laid down on 31 January 1952 by George T. Davie & Sons. Ltd at their yard in Lauzon, Quebec. Named for a bay
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located in Newfoundland
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, ''Trinity'' was launched on 31 July 1953. The ship was commissioned on 16 June 1954.[Macpherson and Barrie, p. 277] The ship joined the First Canadian Minesweeping Squadron upon commissioning. The squadron sailed to the Caribbean Sea in April 1955 for a training cruise, making several port visits. In May 1956, the First Canadian Minesweeping Squadron deployed as part of the NATO minesweeping exercise Minex Sweep Clear One in the western Atlantic.
The ship remained in service with the Royal Canadian Navy until being paid off on 21 August 1957.[ The ship was transferred to the Turkish Navy as part of the NATO Mutual Aid Agreement on 31 March 1958.][ Renamed ''Terme'' by the Turkish Navy, the vessel sailed for Turkey on 19 May 1958. The ship remained in service until 1991.][Colledge, p. 643]
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Bay-class minesweepers
Ships built in Lévis
1951 ships
Cold War minesweepers of Canada
Minesweepers of the Royal Canadian Navy