HMCS Calgary (K231)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMCS Calgary.
HMCS Calgary was a Royal Canadian Navy revised Flower-class corvette which took part in convoy escort duties during the Second World War. She fought primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for Calgary, Alberta.
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Canada | |
Name | Calgary |
Namesake | Calgary, Alberta |
Ordered | 20 February 1941 |
Builder | Marine Industries. Ltd., Sorel |
Laid down | 22 March 1941 |
Launched | 23 August 1941 |
Commissioned | 16 December 1941 |
Decommissioned | 19 June 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number: K231 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1942-1945, Biscay 1943, Normandy 1944, English Channel 1944-1945, North Sea 1945[1] |
Fate | Sold 30 August 1946. Scrapped 1951 at Hamilton. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette (Revised) |
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) |
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Speed | 16 knots (29.6 km/h) |
Range | 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
Complement | 85 |
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