HMCS Comox (MCB 146)
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| Career (Canada) |  Royal Canadian Navy |
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| Name: | Comox |
| Builder: | Victoria Machinery Depot, Victoria |
| Laid down: | 8 June 1951 |
| Launched: | 24 April 1952 |
| Commissioned: | 2 April 1954 |
| Decommissioned: | 11 September 1957 |
| Fate: | Sold in 1957 to Turkey as Tirebolu. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Bay class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 390 tons |
| Length: | 152 ft (46 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | diesel |
| Speed: | 16 knots |
| Complement: | 38 |
| Armament: | 1 40mm Bofors |
HMCS Comox (MCB 146) was a Bay class minesweeper built for the Royal Canadian Navy.
Commissioned in 1954, she was named for Comox Habour, a bay in British Columbia.
She was decommissioned in 1957 and sold to Turkey as Tirebolu.
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