HMCS Minas (J165)

HMCS Minas (J169) was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.

HMCS Minas was constructed by Burrard Dry Dock in Vancouver, in 1941. She was commissioned in August 1941 and sailed for Halifax on September 13, 1941. She served with the Sydney Force and was reassigned to the Newfoundland Force in January 1942. In November 1949 she again transferred, this time to WLEF and became a part of EG W-7 in June 1943. HMCS Minas collided HMS Liscomb on February 3, 1943, near Halifax, N.S.; the damage resulted in a month of repairs. On February 20, 1944, HMCS Minas left Halifax with HMCS Blairmore, HMCS Fort William and HMCS Milltown, traveling to Britain via the Azores. She arrived in Britain in March 1944 and was assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla for invasion duties, taking part in the D-Day invasions. She returned to Canada, being refit in Dartmouth, N.S. in September 1944, rejoining the 31st Flotilla at Plymouth in January 1945. In September 1945 she returned to Canada and was pid off into reserve at Shelburne in October of that year, later moving to Sorel. In 1949 she was recommissioned with pennant 189. She was reacquired by the Canadian Navy in 1952 and recommisioned in 1955, to be used as a training vessel. She was paid off in November 1955, sold in August 1958 and broken up the following year. The ship's wheel remains on display at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 53 in Baddeck, N.S.