HMCS Esquimalt (J272)

HMCS Esquimalt (J272)

HMCS Esquimalt (J272) was a Bangor-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.

The Esquimalt served on the Atlantic coast of Canada conducting anti-submarine patrols in the approaches to Halifax Harbour. She was torpedoed and sunk off Chebucto Head, Nova Scotia by U-190 on 16 April 1945, becoming the last RCN warship lost to enemy action in World War II.