HMCS St. Pierre
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HMCS St. Pierre was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She saw action as a convoy escort during the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec, whose name was shortened due to its length. After the war she was sold to Peru and renamed Teniente Palacios in 1947.
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History | |
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Canada | |
Name | St. Pierre |
Namesake | Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec |
Operator | Royal Canadian Navy |
Ordered | 1 February 1943 |
Builder | Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd., Lauzon, Quebec |
Laid down | 30 June 1943 |
Launched | 1 December 1943 |
Commissioned | 28 August 1944 |
Decommissioned | 22 November 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number:K 680 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1945[1] |
Fate | Transferred to Peru 1947 |
Peru | |
Name | Teniente Palacios |
Operator | Peruvian Navy |
Acquired | 1947 |
Out of service | 1966 |
Renamed | Palacios (1953) |
Identification | FE-2 (1959); FE-65 (1960) |
Fate | Discarded 1966 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | River-class frigate |
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Length | |
Beam | 36.5 ft (11.13 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load) |
Propulsion | 2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
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Range | 646 long tons (656 t; 724 short tons) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h) |
Complement | 157 |
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St. Pierre was ordered on 1 February 1943 as part of the 1943–1944 River-class building program.[2][3] She was laid down on 30 June 1943 by Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd. at Lauzon, Quebec and launched on 1 December later that year.[3] She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 28 August 1944 at Quebec City.[2]