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|Ship name= ''Swift Current''

|Ship namesake=[[Swift Current]], [[Saskatchewan]]

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|Ship builder= [[Canadian Vickers|Canadian Vickers Ltd.]], [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]

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|Ship identification= [[Pennant number]]: J254

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|Ship honours=[[Battle of the St. Lawrence|Gulf of St. Lawrence]] 1942<ref name=Gulf>{{cite web|title= Royal Canadian Warships that Participated in the Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence| url=http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/second-world-war/battlegulf/canwarship|publisher=Veterans Affairs Canada|accessdateaccess-date=13 October 2018|archive-date=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927080617/http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/second-world-war/battlegulf/canwarship|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|Ship fate=Transferred to [[Turkish Navy]] 1958

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'''HMCS ''Swift Current''''' ([[Pennant number|pennant]] J254) was a {{sclass-|Bangor|minesweeper||ship}} that served with the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. Entering service in 1941, the warship used as a [[training ship]] and [[convoy]] escort and took part in the battles of the [[Battle of the Saint Lawrence|St. Lawrence]] and the [[Battle of the Atlantic|Atlantic]]. Following the war the ship was laid up until reacquired during the [[Korean War]]. Never re-entering service with Canada, ''Swift Current'' was sold to the [[Turkish Navy]] in 1958. Renamed '''''Bozcaada''''', the minesweeper was discarded in 1971.

==Design and description==

A British design, the ''Bangor''-class minesweepers were smaller than the preceding {{sclass-|Halcyon|minesweeper|1}}s in British service, but larger than the {{sclass-|Fundy|minesweeper|4}} in Canadian service.<ref name=chesneau>Chesneau, p. 64</ref><ref name=mac167>Macpherson and Barrie (2002), p. 167</ref> They came in two versions powered by different engines; those with a [[diesel engine]]s and those with [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|vertical triple-expansion steam]] engines.<ref name=chesneau/> ''Swift Current'' was of the latter design and was larger than her diesel-engined cousins. The minesweeper was {{convert|180|ft|m|1}} [[Length overall|long overall]], had a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|28|ft|6|in|m|1}} and a [[Draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|9|ft|9|in|m|1}}.<ref name=chesneau/><ref name=mac180>Macpherson and Barrie (2002), p. 180</ref> ''Swift Current'' had a [[Displacement (ship)|displacement]] of {{convert|672|LT|t}}. She had a complement of 6 officers and 77 enlisted.<ref name=mac180/>

''Swift Current'' had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by two [[Admiralty three-drum boiler]]s. The engines produced a total of {{convert|2400|ihp|lk=in}} and gave a maximum speed of {{convert|16.5|kn|lk=in}}. The minesweeper could carry a maximum of {{convert|150|LT|t|0}} of [[fuel oil]].<ref name=chesneau/>

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In November 1943, the minesweeper returned to Halifax Force and remained with the unit until undergoing a refit at [[Lunenburg, Nova Scotia]] in February 1944. Following the completion of the refit, ''Swift Current'' was transferred to Newfoundland Force, the patrol and escort force based in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's, Newfoundland]] and remained with that group until June 1945. From June until October, the warship performed miscellaneous duties along the [[Atlantic Canada|Atlantic coast of Canada]].<ref name=mac184/>

''Swift Current'' was [[Ship decommissioning|paid off]] on 23 October 1945 at [[Sydney, Nova Scotia]] and laid up at [[Shelburne, Nova Scotia]]. In 1946, the minesweeper was taken to [[Sorel, Quebec]] and placed in strategic reserve. Reacquired by the Royal Canadian Navy in 1951 during the [[Korean War]], the vessel was given the new [[Hull classification symbol (Canada)|hull number]] FSE 185 and re-designated a coastal escort.<ref name=mac184/><ref>Blackman, p. 99</ref> The warship never re-entered service and was sold to the [[Turkish Navy]] on 29 March 1958. Renamed ''Bozcaada'', the ship remained in service until 1971 when the ship was [[Ship breaking|broken up]] for scrap in Turkey.<ref>Colledge, p. 610</ref><ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=6112431|shipname=Swift Current|accessdateaccess-date=5 November 2016}}</ref>

==References==

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* {{cite book |editor-last=Blackman |editor-first=Raymond V.B. |date=1953 |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1953–54 |publisher= Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd |___location=London |oclc=913556389 }}

* {{cite book |editor-last=Chesneau |editor-first=Roger |date=1980 |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |___location=Greenwich, UK |isbn=0-85177-146-7}}

* {{colledgeCite Colledge2006}}

* {{cite book |lastlast1=Douglas |firstfirst1=W.A.B. |last2=Sarty |first2=Roger |last3=Whitby |first3=Michael |title=A Blue Water Navy: The Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War, 1943–1945 Volume II, Part II |publisher=Vanwell Publishing |___location=St. Catharines, Ontario |date=2007 |isbn=978-1-55125-069-14}}

* {{cite book |last=Macpherson |first=Ken |date=1997 |title=Minesweepers of the Royal Canadian Navy 1938–1945 |publisher=Vanwell Publishing Limited |___location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=0-920277-55-1}}

* {{cite book |lastlast1=Macpherson |firstfirst1=Ken |last2=Barrie |first2=Ron |date=2002 |title=The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 |edition=Third |publisher=Vanwell Publishing |___location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-072-1}}

* {{cite book |last=Sarty |first=Roger |date=2012 |title=War in the St. Lawrence: The Forgotten U-Boat Battles on Canada's Shores |publisher=Penguin Group |___location=Toronto |isbn=978-0-670-06787-9}}

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[[Category:World War II minesweepers of Canada]]