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HMCS Esquimal

Type: minesweeper
Class: Bangor
Codename: J.272
The keel is based: 20.12.1940
Run on water: 8.8.1941
Put into service: 26.10.1942
Decommissioned: sunk 16.4.1945
Shipyards: Marine Industries Ltd. (Sorel, Quebec, Canada)

Length: 49,7 m
Width: 8,5 m
Draught: 2.4 m
Displacement /max.: 592t/770t
Crew: 83

Drive
2x Harland & Wolff diesel engine
Power: 2000bhp
Speed:16uzlů
Fuel supply:
Range:

Armament
1x 76.2 mm
light anti-aircraft armament was variable.
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Uveden název Esquimalt.
Potopena v prostoru Halifaxu německou ponorkou U 190.


Literatura: Lipiński, Jerzy: Druga wojna światowa na morzu, Wydawnictwo Morskie, Gdańsk 1976.
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