Llewellyn-class minesweeper

	The view from HMCS Lloyd George of HMCS Llewellyn off Halifax, Nova Scotia in June 1943.
Class overview
Name	Llewellyn class
Operators	Royal Canadian Navy
In commission	1942–1953
Planned	10
Completed	10
Lost	6
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	228 long tons (232 t)
Length	105 ft 0 in (32 m) pp; 119 ft 4 in (36.4 m) oa;
Beam	22 ft 0 in (6.7 m)
Draught	8 ft 8 in (2.6 m)
Propulsion	Diesel engine, 500 bhp (373 kW); 1 propeller;
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	20
Armament	2 × twin 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
Notes	Equipped with "Double L" magnetic minesweeping gear

The Llewellyn-class minesweepers were a series of ten coastal minesweepers constructed for the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Based on the Admiralty type MMS-class minesweeper, the Llewellyn class were constructed of wood and used for the removal of magnetic influence mines. Two were built in Quebec, with the eight constructed on the Western Coast of Canada. Mostly used as guard ships during the war, only three of the ten remained in Royal Canadian Navy service following the war, with the last being discarded in 1957. Following naval service, vessels of the class ended up in commercial service, with some becoming fishing vessels, cargo ships and one a floating restaurant. Six of the ten ships were lost in commercial service.

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