Story
This corvette, flower class (1939-40 canadian building programme) was built in 1940 by Geo. T. Davie & Sons Ltd. in Lauzon, QC.
Historical Notes
This vessel carried a complement of 7 officers and 85-90 other ranks. 2 Scotch marine boilers. This vessel carried 230 tons of fuel and could reach 16 knots. Her endurance was 3450 nm at 12 knots. On September 19, 1941 this vessel was torpedoed by the U-74 120 miles east of Cape Farewell Greenland and sank the following day with the loss of 18 lives.
Owners & Masters
In 1940-1941 she was in service with the Royal Canadian Navy.
Armament
one 4" BL Mk.IX, two twin.5" machine guns and two twin.303" machine guns, two (later four) depth charge throwers and two rails (later four) carrying 40 depth charges (later 70).
Name Significance
Named for Lévis QC.
References
- Macpherson, Ken and Marc Milner (1993)
- Macpherson, Ken and John Burgess (1981)
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Freeman, David J. (2000)
- en.wikipedia.org ↗
