HMCS Burlington (J250)
Burlington underway
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| Name: | Burlington |
| Namesake: | Burlington, Ontario |
| Builder: | Dufferin Shipbuilding Co., Toronto |
| Laid down: | 4 July 1940 |
| Launched: | 23 November 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 6 September 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 October 1945 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: J250 |
| Fate: | Broken up 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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 |
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HMCS Burlington (pennant J250) was a Bangor-class minesweeper constructed for the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. The minesweeper entered service in 1941 and took part in the Battle of the Atlantic and the Battle of the St. Lawrence as a convoy escort. The ship was decommissioned in 1945 and sold in 1946. The vessel was broken up for scrap in 1946.
A British design, the Bangor-class minesweepers were smaller than the preceding Halcyon-class minesweepers in British service, but larger than the Fundy class in Canadian service. They came in two versions powered by different engines; those with a diesel engines and those with vertical triple-expansion steam engines.Burlington was of the latter design and was larger than her diesel-engined cousins. Burlington was 180 feet (54.9 m) long overall, had a beam of 28 feet 6 inches (8.7 m) and a draught of 9 feet 9 inches (3.0 m). The minesweeper had a displacement of 672 long tons (683 t). She had a complement of 6 officers and 77 enlisted.
Burlington had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The engines produced a total of 2,400 indicated horsepower (1,800 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph). The minesweeper could carry a maximum of 150 long tons (152 t) of fuel oil.
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