HMS Port Quebec

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Quebec.

HMS Port Quebec FL9995.jpg
In naval service in World War II
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Port Quebec
Launched17 August 1939
Completed1940[1]
Commissioned1940[2]
Fatereturned to Port Line in 1947[2]
NotesPennant number: M59[2]
Class overview
Operators Royal Navy
In service1940–1947
General characteristics as built
Class and typeAuxiliary minelayer
Tonnage5936 (GRT)[1]
Speed14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)[1]
Armament

SS Port Quebec was under construction for the Port Line when she was requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport for completion as the auxiliary minelayer HMS Port Quebec. She joined the Royal Navy 1st Minelaying Squadron based at Kyle of Lochalsh (port ZA) laying mines for the World War II Northern Barrage.[1] After minelaying was completed in October 1943, she was retained for conversion to a repair ship and renamed HMS Deer Sound (F99) in 1944. She was then returned to the Port Line in 1947.[2]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Mason, Geoffrey B. "ROYAL NAVY MINELAYING OPERATIONS". edited by Gordon Smith. naval-history.net. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e Lenton & Colledge, pp.306, 308 & 348

References[]

  • Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J. (1968). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company.
  • Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
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