HMCS Pictou
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HMCS Pictou was a Royal Canadian Navy Flower-class corvette which took part in convoy escort duties during the Second World War. She fought mainly in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for Pictou, Nova Scotia.
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HMCS Pictou, likely escorting a convoy, circa 1944–1945. Note the merchant ships in the distance | |
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Name | Pictou |
Namesake | Pictou, Nova Scotia |
Ordered | 22 January 1940 |
Builder | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon |
Laid down | 12 July 1940 |
Launched | 5 October 1940 |
Commissioned | 29 April 1941 |
Decommissioned | 12 July 1945 |
Refit | Fo'c's'le extended at New York Navy Yard, New York on 31 March 1944. |
Identification | Pennant number: K146 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1941–45[1] |
Fate | Sold in 1950 as mercantile Olympic Chaser. Resold in 1956 as mercantile Otori Maru No. 7. Converted in 1963 to a barge. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
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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