HMCS Quinte (J166)

HMCS Quinte (pennant J166) was a Bangor-class minesweeper constructed for the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War.

[2] Quinte was armed with a single quick-firing (QF) 4-inch (102 mm)/40 caliber Mk IV gun mounted forward.

Named for a bay in Ontario, Quinte was launched on 8 March 1941 and commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 30 August 1941.

Following completion of the refit, Quinte ran aground and sank at the entrance to St. Peter's Canal, Cape Breton Island on 30 November 1942.

After the repairs were completed in June 1944, the minesweeper was sent to Digby, Nova Scotia where she became a training ship at HMCS Cornwallis.

[5] Quinte was put up for sale on 4 August 1947 and sold to Dominion Steel Corporation to be broken up at Sydney, Nova Scotia.