HMCS COMOX (2nd) (146)
HMCS COMOX (2nd)
The History of HMCS COMOX (2nd)
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 TCG Tirebolu.
HMCS COMOX (2nd) Statistical Data
- Pendant: 146
- Type: Minesweeper
- Class: Bay
- Displacement: 390 tonnes
- Length: 152 ft
- Width: 28 ft
- Draught: 8 ft
- Speed: 16 kts
- Compliment: 3 Officers and 35 Crew
- Arms: 1 - 40MM
- Builder: VICTORIA MACHINERY DEPOT CO. LTD., VICTORIA, BC
- Keel Laid: 08-Jun-51
- Date Launched: 24-Apr-52
- Date Commissioned: 02-Apr-54
- Paid off: 11-Sep-57
Remarks
TRANSFERRED TO THE TURKISH NAVY 11 SEP 57. RENAMED TIREBOLU.