| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| Name | Quinte |
| Namesake | Bay of Quinte |
| Builder | Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd.,North Vancouver |
| Laid down | 14 December 1940 |
| Launched | 8 March 1941 |
| Commissioned | 30 August 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 25 October 1946 |
| Identification | Pennant number: J166 |
| Honours & awards | Atlantic, 1941-42[1] |
| Fate | Sold 1947 for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
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HMCSQuinte (pennant J166) was aBangor-classminesweeper constructed for theRoyal Canadian Navy during theSecond World War. The ship entered service in 1941 and took part in theBattle of the Atlantic. On 30 November 1942,Quinte ran aground and sank offCape Breton Island. The ship was re-floated and repaired and spent the rest of the war as atraining ship. Following the war, the minesweeper was used for naval research untildecommissioned in 1946. The vessel was sold for scrap andbroken up in 1947.
A British design, theBangor-class minesweepers were smaller than the precedingHalcyon-class minesweepers in British service, but larger than theFundy class in Canadian service.[2][3] They came in two versions powered by different engines; those with adiesel engines and those withvertical triple-expansion steam engines.[2]Quinte was of the latter design and was larger than her diesel-engined cousins.Quinte was 180 feet (54.9 m)long overall, had abeam of 28 feet 6 inches (8.7 m) and adraught of 9 feet 9 inches (3.0 m).[2][3] The minesweeper had adisplacement of 672 long tons (683 t). She had a complement of 6 officers and 77 enlisted.[3]
Quinte had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by twoAdmiralty three-drum boilers. The engines produced a total of 2,400indicated horsepower (1,800 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 16.5knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph). The minesweeper could carry a maximum of 150 long tons (152 t) offuel oil.[2]
Quinte was armed with a singlequick-firing (QF)4-inch (102 mm)/40 caliber Mk IV gun mounted forward.[2][4][a] For anti-aircraft purposes, the minesweeper was equipped with oneQF 2-pounder Mark VIII and two single-mountedQF 20 mm Oerlikon guns.[2][3] As a convoy escort,Quinte was deployed with 40depth charges launched from two depth charge throwers and four chutes.[2][4]
The minesweeper was ordered as part of the 1939–40 construction programme.[4] The ship'skeel was laid down on 14 December 1940 byBurrard Dry Dock Co, Ltd. at their yard inVancouver. Named for abay inOntario,Quinte waslaunched on 8 March 1941 andcommissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 30 August 1941.[5]
Sent to theEast Coast of Canada,Quinte arrived atHalifax, Nova Scotia on 14 November 1941. The minesweeper was assigned to theWestern Local Escort Force as aconvoy 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 atLunenburg, 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.[5]
Quinte was re-floated and towed toPictou, Nova Scotia on 25 April 1943 where she underwent repairs. After the repairs were completed in June 1944, the minesweeper was sent toDigby, Nova Scotia where she became atraining ship atHMCS Cornwallis. 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 waspaid off.[5]Quinte was put up for sale on 4 August 1947 and sold to Dominion Steel Corporation to bebroken up atSydney, Nova Scotia.[6][7]
