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HMCS Esquimalt
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<p>HMCS <i>Esquimalt</i> was a <a href="/facts/Bangor-class_minesweeper/2aYMNaAz"><i>Bangor</i>-class</a> <a href="/facts/Minesweeper/6xFLcTF2">minesweeper</a> that served in the <a href="/facts/Royal_Canadian_Navy/eSRkBetN">Royal Canadian Navy</a> during the <a href="/facts/Second_World_War/2efV5L1U">Second World War</a>. She saw service in the <a href="/facts/Battle_of_the_Atlantic/PV9uF2Jw">Battle of the Atlantic</a> and in the <a href="/facts/Battle_of_the_St._Lawrence/9zpXonDI">Battle of the St. Lawrence</a>. She was sunk in 1945, the last Canadian warship to suffer that fate. She was named for <a href="/facts/Esquimalt%2c_British_Columbia/Y9egW7pb">Esquimalt, British Columbia</a>. </p>