NAVY HISTORY - Ships - Frigate

HMCS NEW WATERFORD


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HMCS NEW WATERFORD

Builder: Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt, British Columbia

Construction Started: 17 February 1943

Launched: 3 July 1943

Commissioned :21 January 1944

Pennant #: K321

Atlantic 1944

Decommissioned: 7 March 1946

sold, scrapped 1967

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Specifications
HMCS NEW WATERFORD

Displacement: 1,445 long tons (1,468 t; 1,618 short tons) 2,110 long tons (2,140 t; 2,360 short tons) (deep load)

Length: 283 ft (86.26 m) p/p 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a

Beam: 36.5 ft (11.13 m)

Draught: 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)

Propulsion: 2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)

Speed: 20 knots (37.0 km/h) 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) (turbine ships)

Compliment: 157

Armarments:
2 × QF 4 in (102 mm)/45 Mk. XVI on twin mount HA/LA Mk.XIX
1 × QF 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) 12 cwt /40 Mk. V on mounting HA/LA Mk.IX (not all ships)
8 × 20 mm QF Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V
1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector up to 150 depth charges

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Sources

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

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