HMCS Drummondville

HMCS Drummondville was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War.

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).

[3][6] Drummondville was equipped with LL and SA minesweeping gear to counter magnetic and acoustic naval mines.

The minesweeper's keel was laid on 10 January 1941 by Canadian Vickers Ltd at Montreal, Quebec.

[10] Drummondville managed to severely damage the U-boat in turn and drive the submarine off.

Drummondville was placed in 24.18.8 alongside sister ship Kenora and corvettes Quesnel and Saskatoon.

[5][13][14] The minesweeper was converted in 1960 to the merchant ship SS Fort Albany of 617 GRT and served as such until she was sunk in a collision near Sorel.

[5][14] On 8 December 1963, while carrying a load of calcium and steel bars, Fort Albany collided with the Norwegian freighter Procyon in thick fog and sank in the St. Lawrence River near Sorel.