HMCS PORTAGE Type: Minesweeper Class: ALGERINE Class Displacement: 990 tonnes Length: 225 ft. Width: 35.5 ft. Draught: 8.5 ft. Top Speed: 16 # Officers: 8 # Crew: 99 Weapons: 1-4" Gun, 4-20mm, Hedgehog. Pendant (Hull Number): J331 Builder: Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur, Ont. Laid Down: 23-May-42 Launched: 21-Nov-42 Commissioned: 22-Oct-43 Paid Off: 31-Jul-46 Remarks: After 1949 Recommissioned as Pendant 169.