HMCS Kenogami
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HMCS Kenogami was a Royal Canadian Navy Flower-class corvette that served during the Second World War. The corvette served primarily in convoy escort duties during the Battle of the Atlantic. Following the war, the ship was sold for scrap and broken up.
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HMCS Kenogami | |
History | |
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Canada | |
Namesake | Kénogami, Quebec |
Ordered | 1 February 1940 |
Builder | Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co., Port Arthur |
Laid down | 20 April 1940 |
Launched | 5 September 1940 |
Commissioned | 29 June 1941 |
Out of service | paid off 9 July 1945 |
Refit | Completed 1 October 1944, Liverpool. |
Identification | Pennant number: K125 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1941-45,[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942 [2] |
Fate | Scrapped in January 1950 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette[3] |
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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Propulsion | Single shaft |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Range | 3,500 nmi (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 85 |
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