HMCS Baffin (T275)

HMCS Baffin (T275)

HMCS Baffin was an Isles class trawler of the Royal Canadian Navy.

Originally she was the "HMS Baffin" of the Royal Navy. During World War II she was mostly engaged in minesweeping duties out of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Specifications
*Displacement: 545 tons
*Length: 164 ft.
*Width: 27 ft. 8 in.
*Draught: 11 ft. 1 in. (mean)
*Top Speed: 12 knots
* Officers: 4
* Crew: 36
*Weapons: 1-12pdr AA gun, 3-20mm Oerlikon AA guns, 30 depth charges
*Pendant (Hull) Number: T275
*Builder: Collingwood Shipyards, Collingwood. Ont.
*Laid Down: 14 October 1941
*Launched: 13 April 1942
*Commissioned: 26 August 1942
*Paid Off: 20 August 1945

Decommissioned by the Royal Canadian Navy on 20 August 1945, she was returned to the Royal Navy the same day. In 1947 she was sold for merchantile use under the same name, becoming "Niedermehnen" in 1952.


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