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St. Catharines (H.M.C.S.)

St. Catharines (H.M.C.S.)
Photo: RCN Official Photo

Histoire

This frigate (1942/3 programme) was built in 1943 by Yarrows Ltd. in Esquimalt, BC.

Notes historiques

In 1943 this vessel was commissioned at Esquimalt BC Canada.

In 1943 this vessel was assigned to Escort Group C-2.

In 1944 this vessel escorted 16 North Atlantic convoys.

In 1944 this vesse assisted in sinking U-744 on convoy HX.280.

In 1945 this vessel was paid off.

In 1968 this vessel was broken up in Japan.

Propriétaires et capitaines

In 1943 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy.

In 1950 she was joined the Coast Guard as a weather ship on the Pacific coast.

In 1967 she was paid off.

Reconstructions

In 1945 she underwent a long refit and tropicalization. In 1950 she was converted to a weather ship as CCGS St. Catharines in Sorel QC.

Références

  • Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
  • Freeman, David J. (2000)
  • McGinley, C.D. & B. Collin (2001)
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