HMCS Kentville (J312)

HMCS Kentville (J312) was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.

Built in the 1941-42 programme of RCN minesweeper production, she was commissioned on 10 October 1942 with pennant number J146.

Kentville was assigned to Sydney, Nova Scotia as a coastal escort vessel, escorting coastal convoys in Atlantic Canada. During the course of her duties, she rescued the freighter Imperial Monarch in distress from heavy weather and the tug Foundation Franklin. Kentville saw enemy action in January, 1945 when she defended her convoy against submarine attacks which sank two merchant ships. During the war her crew often took leave in her namesake town of Kentville, Nova Scotia.

She was put into strategic reserve following the war, but was briefly recommissioned in 1954 under pennant number 182. After being mothballed again, she was transferred to Turkey in 1957 where she was renamed Bartin and served until 1972. Today her bell is preserved at the Kings County Museum in Kentville.