HMCS Ungava (J149)
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| Name: | Ungava |
| Namesake: | Ungava Bay |
| Operator: | Royal Canadian Navy |
| Builder: | North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd., North Vancouver |
| Laid down: | 24 April 1940 |
| Launched: | 9 October 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 5 September 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 April 1946 |
| Identification: | pennant number: J149 |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1941-44,[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944[2] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Bangor-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 672 tons |
| Length: | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Beam: | 28.5 ft (8.7 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Single shaft, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 triple expansion steam engines, 2,400 ihp. |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement: | 77 |
| Armament: |
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HMCS Ungava was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She saw action in the Battle of the Atlantic and the Battle of the St. Lawrence. Following the war she was scrapped. She was named for Ungava Bay.
Ungava was ordered as part of the 1939-40 shipbuilding programme.[3] She was laid down on 24 April 1940 by North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd. at North Vancouver and launched on 9 October 1940.[4] She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 5 September 1941 at Vancouver.[5]
Service history
After working up, Ungava was assigned to Halifax Force. She remained with the unit until May 1943 when she was ordered to join Gaspe Force. Later that year in December, she transferred back to Halifax Force and served with that unit for another five months. In May 1944 she transferred to Sydney Force, spending the rest of the year with that unit before returning to Halifax Force in February 1945.[5]
Ungava served with the Halifax Force until April 1945, when she underwent a refit at Liverpool which lasted until May 1945. After returning from workups, she was used for miscellaneous duties along the eastern coast until being paid off on 3 April 1946.[5] She was sold to T. Harris of Barber, New Jersey for scrapping.[6]
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