HMCS Wasaga

HMCS Wasaga (pennant J162) was a Bangor-class minesweeper constructed for 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).

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

Named for a town in Ontario, Wasaga was launched on 23 January 1941 and commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 1 July 1941 at Vancouver.

[7] Wasaga remained with the unit until 30 September 1944, when the minesweeper returned to Canada for a refit at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

On 11 April, the minesweeper was damaged in a collision and was forced to withdraw from Allied attacks in the Gironde estuary region.

[5][9] The ship was laid up at Shelburne, Nova Scotia until sold to Marine Industries in 1946 and broken up for scrap in 1947 at Sorel, Quebec.