HMS Guysborough (J52)

HMS Guysborough was a turbine-engined of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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. She was built by North Vancouver Ship Repairs, North Vancouver

North Vancouver, British Columbia

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  and launched on 21 July 1941. She was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy

Royal Canadian Navy

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 and was torpedoed and sunk at 6:50pm on 17 March 1945 by U-868 while escorting a convoy in the Bay of Biscay

Bay of Biscay

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. 51 of her crew died, with 40 survivors being rescued by some hours later.