 Caraquet underway
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Caraquet |
| Builder | North Vancouver Ship Repairs, North Vancouver |
| Laid down | 31 January 1941 |
| Launched | 2 June 1941 |
| Identification | pennant J38 |
| Fate | Loaned to Royal Canadian Navy 1942, sold to Portuguese Navy 1946 |
| Canada | |
| Name | Caraquet |
| Namesake | Caraquet Bay, New Brunswick |
| Commissioned | 2 April 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 26 September 1945 |
| Fate | returned to Royal Navy 1945 |
 Portugal | |
| Name | Almirante Lacerda |
| Acquired | 29 June 1946 |
| Identification | A 525 |
| Fate | Discarded 1975 |
| 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 Caraquet (pennant J38) 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 vessel served on both coasts of Canada and took part in the Battle of the Atlantic as a convoy escort and the invasion of Normandy. Following the war, the minesweeper was returned to the United Kingdom who then sold the ship to the Portuguese Navy in 1946. Renamed Almirante Lacerda, the vessel was used as a survey ship until 1975 when it was discarded.