| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Bangor |
| Pennant | J 253 |
| Mod | VTE reciprocating engined |
| Built by | Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 1 Oct 1940 |
| Launched | 21 May 1941 |
| Commissioned | 30 Oct 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Decommissioned 29 October 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Drummondville (J 253)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. James Phillip Fraser, RCNR | 5 Feb 1942 | 9 May 1943 |
| 2 | T/Lt. Henry Clifford Hatch, RCNVR | 10 May 1943 | mid 1944 |
| 3 | T/Skr.Lt. Francis William Maxwell Drew, RCNR | mid 1944 | 9 Apr 1945 |
| 4 | T/Lt. George Enderby Cross, RCNVR | 10 Apr 1945 | 9 Sep 1945 |
| 5 | T/S.Lt. Maurice Aikins Turner, RCNVR | 10 Sep 1945 | 29 Oct 1945 |
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Notable events involving Drummondville include:
6 Jul 1942
HMCS Drummondville (Lt. J.P. Fraser, RCNR) damaged U-132 with depth charges after forcing her to dive by a ramming attempt. The U-boat just had torpedoed the Dinaric from convoy QS-15 in the St. Lawrence River and her action prevented a further attack on the ship, which however foundered later on 9 July. The minesweeper picked up 34 survivors from the torpedoed vessel and landed them at Sydney on 7 July.
10 Sep 1944
HMS L 27 (Lt. J.N. Elliott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Bermuda with HMCS Battleford (T/Lt. P.A. Langlois, RCNVR) and HMCS Drummondville (T/Skr.Lt. F.W.M. Drew, RCNR). (1)
Sources
- ADM 199/1830
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.