HMCS Baffin (T275)
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HMCS Baffin was an Isles class trawler of the Royal Canadian Navy.
Originally she was the HMS Baffin of the Royal Navy. During World War II she was mostly engaged in minesweeping duties out of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- Displacement: 530 tonnes
- Length: 164 ft.
- Width: 27.7 ft.
- Draught: 8.6 ft.
- Top Speed: 12 knots
- Officers: 4
- Crew: 36
- Weapons: 1-12Pdr, 3-20mm
- Pendant (Hull Number): T275
- Builder: Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Collingwood. Ont.
- Laid Down: 14-Oct-41
- Launched: 13-Apr-42
- Commissioned: 26-Aug-42
- Paid Off: 20-Aug-45
Decommissioned by the Royal Canadian Navy on 20 August 1945 and returned to the Royal Navy the same day. In 1947 she was sold for merchantile use under the same name, becoming Niedermehnen in 1952.
