HMCS Wasaga

HMCS WASAGA commissioned. She is 1st of 54 Bangor Class minesweepers to enter service with the RCN. Classed as minesweepers, most of the class was used for convoy escort duties

HMCS Wasaga (pennant J162) was a Bangor-class minesweeper constructed for the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Entering service in 1941, the minesweeper took part in the Battle of the Atlantic and the invasion of Normandy. Following the end of the war, the vessel was sold in 1946 and broken up for scrap in 1947.