NAVY HISTORY - Ships - Frigate
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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Ship Information 
HMCS SWANSEA
Builder: Yarrows Ltd. Yard # 83, Esquimalt, British Columbia
Construction Started: 15 July 1942
Launched: 19 December 1942
Commissioned :4 October 1943
Pennant # :K 328
Atlantic 1943–44, Normandy 1944, English Channel 1944
Decommissioned : 2 November 1945
Sold August 1967, broken up Savona, Italy 1967
Other ShipsHMCS SWANSEA
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: 5500ihp T/S Steam reciprocating engine (1943)
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
- 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
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PHOTO CREDIT - Government of Nova Scotia Virtual Archives H.F. Pullen NSARM accession no. 1984-573 Box 2 F/34
- Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- 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.
- https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories.html#p
- http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_SWANSEA_K328_306.htm
- https://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist5.php?id=13861
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Swansea_(K328)
Cite Article : Reference: www.navyhistory/sections/Ships/Minesweepers/HMCS_Courtenay.html
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