HMCS Goderich

A British design, the Bangor-class minesweepers were smaller than the preceding {{sclass|Halcyon|minesweeper|1}}s in British service, but larger than the {{sclass|Fundy|minesweeper|4}} in Canadian service.Chesneau, p. 64Macpherson and Barrie (2002), p. 167 They came in two versions powered by different engines; those with a diesel engines and those with vertical triple-expansion steam engines. Goderich was of the latter design and was larger than her diesel-engined cousins. Goderich was {{convert|180|ft|m|1}} long overall, had a beam of {{convert|28|ft|6|in|m|1}} and a draught of {{convert|9|ft|9|in|m|1}}.Macpherson and Barrie (2002), p. 180 The minesweeper had a displacement of {{convert|672|LT|t}}. She had a complement of 6 officers and 77 enlisted.

Goderich 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 {{convert|2400|ihp|lk=in}} and gave a maximum speed of {{convert|16.5|kn|lk=in}}. The minesweeper could carry a maximum of {{convert|150|LT|t|0}} of fuel oil.

The minesweeper was armed with a single quick-firing (QF) QF 3-inch 20 cwt mounted forward.{{efn|name=gun nomenclature}} The ship was also fitted with a QF 2-pounder Mark VIII aft and were eventually fitted with single-mounted QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns on the bridge wings.Macpherson (1997), p. 46 Those ships assigned to convoy duty were armed with two depth charge launchers and four chutes to deploy their 40 depth charges. Goderich was equipped with SA and LL minesweeping gear for the detection of acoustic and magnetic naval mines.

The minesweeper was ordered as part of the 1940–41 building programme. The ship's keel was laid down on 15 January 1941 by Dufferin Shipbuilding in Toronto, Ontario. Named for the town in Ontario, Goderich was launched on 15 May 1941 and commissioned on 23 November 1941 at Toronto.Macpherson and Barrie (2002), p. 181

Goderich arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 6 December 1941 and was a member of either the Halifax Local Defence Force or Halifax Force as a local convoy escort and patrol ship. On 18 November 1942, the minesweeper was damaged in a collision with the tanker Iocoma in Halifax harbour. On 29 January 1943, Goderich rescued survivors from the US tanker Brilliant that had broken in two during a storm. The minesweeper underwent one refit, from 5 March to 15 May 1943 at Liverpool, Nova Scotia.

Following the end of the war, the ship was paid off on 6 November 1945 at Halifax and placed in reserve at Sorel, Quebec. Goderich remained there until reacquired in 1951 during the Korean War. The minesweeper underwent modernization at Lauzon, Quebec. Goderich was given the new hull number FSE 198 and re-designated a coastal escort.Blackman, p. 99 However, the ship was never recommissioned and was laid up at Sydney, Nova Scotia until sold in February 1959 to Marine Industries to be broken up for scrap.Colledge, p. 267

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• {{cite book |editor-last=Blackman |editor-first=Raymond V.B. |date=1953 |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1953–54 |publisher= Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd |location=London |oclc=913556389}}
• {{cite book |editor-last=Chesneau |editor-first=Roger |date=1980 |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |location=Greenwich, UK |isbn=0-85177-146-7}}
• {{Cite Colledge2006}}
• {{cite book |last=Macpherson |first=Ken |last2=Barrie |first2=Ron |date=2002 |title=The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 |edition=Third |publisher=Vanwell Publishing |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-072-1}}
• {{cite book|title=Minesweepers of the Royal Canadian Navy 1938–1945 |last=Macpherson |first=Ken |publisher=Vanwell Publishing |date=1997 |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=0-920277-55-1}}

• {{Cite web |url=http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/ww2/bangor/ |title= Bangor Class|publisher=Hazegray.org |work= Canadian Navy of Yesterday and Today }}
• {{cite web | url = http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2672.html | website = Uboat.net | title = HMCS Goderich (J 260)}}

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