HMCS Middlesex
- Displacement
- 1,030 long tons (1,047 t)
- Length
- 68.58 m (225 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Speed
- 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h, 19 mph)
- Complement
- 85
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Service
- as Middlesex6 August 1944 — 12 December 1946392 days of the war
- Name
- HMCS Middlesex
- Pennant / hull number
- J328
- Builder
- Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur
- Laid down
- 29 September 1942
- Launched
- 27 May 1943
- Commissioned
- 6 August 1944
- Struck
- 12 December 1946
- Fate
- Ran aground 2 December 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,030 long tons (1,047 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,325 long tons (1,346 t)
- Length
- 68.58 m (225 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 3.73 m (12.2 ft)
- Speed
- 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h, 19 mph)
- Range
- 5,000 nmi (9,260 km)
- Complement
- 85
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMCS Middlesex was a destroyer escort of the Algerine-class minesweeper, operated by the Royal Canadian Navy. She carried the pennant number J328. Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur laid her keel on 29 September 1942. She entered service on 6 August 1944, having been launched on 27 May 1943.
14 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Bangor-class minesweeper and was succeeded by the Ton-class minesweeper.
She displaced 1,030 long tons standard and 1,325 long tons at full load. She measured 68.6 m (225 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 16.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 85. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
2,400 ihp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 392 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 12 December 1946.
She was wrecked on 2 December 1946.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts
- 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
- Power
- 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 2400 ihp
- Armament
- 1 × QF 4 in Mk V anti-aircraft gun
- 4 × twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
- 1 × Hedgehog
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMCS Middlesex on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.