HMCS Thunder (J156)

HMCS Thunder underway
History
Canada
Name	Thunder
Builder	Dufferin Shipbuilding Co., Toronto
Laid down	4 December 1940
Launched	19 March 1941
Commissioned	14 October 1941
Decommissioned	4 October 1945
Identification	Pennant number: J156
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1941–42, 1944[1]
Fate	Sold for scrap 1947
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
Armament	1 x QF 3 in (76 mm) 20 cwt gun 1 x QF 2 pdr Mark VIII 2 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns 40 depth charges as escort

HMCS Thunder (pennant J156) was a Bangor-class minesweeper constructed for the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. The minesweeper entered service in 1941 and took part in the Battle of the Atlantic and the invasion of Normandy. Following the war Thunder was sold for scrap and broken up.