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Name	Middlesex
Builder	Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company Ltd.
Laid down	29 September 1942
Launched	27 May 1943
Commissioned	6 August 1944
Stricken	12 December 1946
Identification	Pennant number: J328
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1944–45
Fate	Ran aground 2 December 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Algerine-class minesweeper
Displacement	1,030 long tons (1,047 t) (standard) 1,325 long tons (1,346 t) (deep)
Length	225 ft (69 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Draught	12.25 ft 6 in (3.89 m)
Installed power	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2,400 ihp (1,800 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	85
Armament	1 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft gun 4 × twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 1 × Hedgehog

HMCS Middlesex (J328) was an Algerine-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.

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