NAVY HISTORY - Ships - Corvette

HMCS QUESNEL

The Canadian West Coast became a ship building powerhouse during the Second World War for both Naval and merchant ships. Additional information regarding the construction, record and ultimate fate of these ships will be added to these pages as this project progresses with current information available through the links listed below.

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HMCS QUESNEL

Builder: Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd. Victoria, British Columbia

Construction Started: 9 May 1940

Launched: 12 November 1940

Commissioned : 23 May 1941

Pennant #: K133

Atlantic 1942-45; Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944

Decommissioned: 3 July 1945

scrapped 1946.

Other Ships

Flower Class Corvette

Specifications

HMCS QUESNEL

Displacement: 925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)

Length: 205 ft (62.48 m)o/a

Beam: 33 ft (10.06 m)

Draught: 11.5 ft (3.51 m)

single shaft 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)

Speed: 16 knots (29.6 km/h)(18.4mph)

Compliment: 85

Armarments:
1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX gun
2 × .50 cal machine gun (twin)
2 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun (twin)
2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers
2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges

Other Corvettes

Commanders

Lt John Alexander Gow, RCNR - 23 May 1941 - 04 Mar 1942
Lt Albert Elliott Gough, RCNR - 05 Mar 1942 - 03 Apr 1942
Lt John Alexander Gow, RCNR - 04 Apr 1942 - 16 Nov 1942
Lt Murdo Smith, RCNR - 17 Nov 1942 - 11 Apr 1943
Lt John Mackay Laing, RCNR - 12 Apr 1943 - 03 Jul 1945

Sources

CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum Joseph M. Lenarcik, Assistant Curator. Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada
Government of Canada - Navy. https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories.html
PHOTO CREDIT - HMCS Quesnel K133 From the collection of Jim Silvester
Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
Douglas, W.A.B.; Sarty, Roger; Whitby, Michael (2002). No Higher Purpose: The Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War, 1939–1943 Volume II, Part I. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-061-6.
Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.
http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_QUESNEL_K133.htm
https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories/quesnel.html
http://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=Quesnel%20%28H.M.C.S.%29&id=21783
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Quesnel

Cite Article : Reference: www.navyhistory/sections/Ships/Minesweepers/HMCS_Courtenay.html

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