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''HMCS Noranda'' was a Canadian [[Bangor-class minesweeper]] built for the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] in 1940. She was launched on June 13, 1941 and escorted convoys for the rest of the war. After the war she was refitted<ref>{{Cite web|title = RCN - HMCS NORANDA J265|url = http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_NORANDA_J265.htm|website = www.forposterityssake.ca|access-date = 2016-01-18}}</ref> and was transferred to the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]]. In 1962, she was sold and was turned in to the yacht ''Miriana.'' She sank in May 1971 off the coast of Jamaica.<ref>{{Cite web|title = HMCS Noranda (J 265) of the Royal Canadian Navy - Canadian Minesweeper of the Bangor class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|url = http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2685.html|website = uboat.net|access-date = 2016-01-18}}</ref>
''HMCS Noranda'' was a Canadian [[Bangor-class minesweeper]] built for the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] in 1940. She was launched on June 13, 1941 and escorted convoys for the rest of the war. After the war she was refitted<ref>{{Cite web|title = RCN - HMCS NORANDA J265|url = http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_NORANDA_J265.htm|website = www.forposterityssake.ca|access-date = 2016-01-18}}</ref> and was transferred to the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]]. In 1962, she was sold and was turned in to the yacht ''Miriana.'' She sank in May 1971 off the coast of Jamaica.<ref>{{Cite web|title = HMCS Noranda (J 265) of the Royal Canadian Navy - Canadian Minesweeper of the Bangor class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|url = http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2685.html|website = uboat.net|access-date = 2016-01-18}}</ref>

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HMCS Noranda was a Canadian Bangor-class minesweeper built for the Royal Canadian Navy in 1940. She was launched on June 13, 1941 and escorted convoys for the rest of the war. After the war she was refitted[1] and was transferred to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. In 1962, she was sold and was turned in to the yacht Miriana. She sank in May 1971 off the coast of Jamaica.[2]

  1. ^ "RCN - HMCS NORANDA J265". www.forposterityssake.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  2. ^ "HMCS Noranda (J 265) of the Royal Canadian Navy - Canadian Minesweeper of the Bangor class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 2016-01-18.