| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Bayfield |
| Builder | North Vancouver Ship Repairs, North Vancouver |
| Laid down | 30 December 1940 |
| Launched | 26 May 1941 |
| Identification | pennant J08 |
| Fate | Loaned to Royal Canadian Navy 1942 |
| Canada | |
| Name | Bayfield |
| Namesake | Bayfield, Nova Scotia |
| Commissioned | 26 February 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 24 September 1945 |
| Honours and awards | Atlantic 1943-44, Normandy 1944[1] |
| Fate | returned to Royal Navy 1945, broken up 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Bangor-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 672 long tons (683 t) |
| Length | 180 ft (54.9 m) oa |
| Beam | 28 ft 6 in (8.7 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft 9 in (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, 2 shafts, vertical triple-expansion reciprocating engines, 2,400 ihp (1,790 kW) |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (31 km/h) |
| Complement | 83 |
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HMCS Bayfield (pennant J08) was a Bangor-class minesweeper initially constructed for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1942, the minesweeper saw service on both the West and East Coasts of Canada as a convoy escort and patrol vessel. In 1944, Bayfield sailed for European waters and took part in the invasion of Normandy. She remained in European waters for the rest of the war and was returned to the United Kingdom in September 1945. The minesweeper was laid up until being discarded for scrap in 1948.
- ^ "HMCS Bayfield". Ships’ histories. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.