HMCS Westmount (pennant J318) was a Bangor-class minesweeper constructed for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Laid down on 28 October 1941 by Davie Shipbuilding in Lauzon, Quebec, and launched on 14 March 1942, she was commissioned on 15 September 1942 in Toronto. The ship measured 180 feet (54.9 meters) in length overall, with a beam of 28 feet 6 inches (8.7 meters) and a draught of 9 feet 9 inches (3.0 meters). Displacing approximately 672 long tons (683 metric tons), Westmount had a complement of 6 officers and 77 enlisted personnel. Powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving a single shaft and fueled by Admiralty three-drum boilers, Westmount produced 2,400 indicated horsepower, reaching a maximum speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h). She carried up to 150 long tons (152 metric tons) of fuel oil. Her armament included a single 12-pounder (76 mm) QF gun mounted forward, a QF 2-pounder Mark VIII aft, and eventually, single-mounted QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns on the bridge wings. For anti-submarine warfare and mine clearance, she was equipped with two depth charge launchers, four chutes, and LL and SA minesweeping gear capable of clearing magnetic and acoustic mines. Throughout her wartime service, Westmount operated primarily along the Atlantic Canada coast, serving with Halifax Local Defence Force, Halifax Force, and Sydney Force. After initial engine issues off Pictou, Nova Scotia, she resumed duty and participated in escort and patrol operations until the end of the war. She was paid off on 23 October 1945 and laid up at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, before being moved to Sorel, Quebec, in 1946 for strategic reserve. Reacquired in 1951 during the Korean War period, she was re-designated as FSE 187, a coastal escort, but never recommissioned. Ultimately, she was transferred to the Turkish Navy in 1958, renamed Bornova, and served until her disposal in 1972. The vessel was broken up in Turkey that year, marking the end of her maritime service.

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