HMCS Cap de la Madeleine information

	HMCS Cap de la Madeleine
History
Canada
Name	Cap de la Madeleine
Namesake	Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec
Ordered	October 1941
Builder	Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Quebec City
Yard number	31
Laid down	5 November 1943
Launched	13 May 1944
Commissioned	30 September 1944
Decommissioned	25 November 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K663
Recommissioned	7 December 1954
Decommissioned	15 May 1965
Reclassified	Prestonian-class frigate
Identification	pennant number: FFE 317
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1945
Fate	Broken up La Spezia, Italy 1966
Badge	Azure, on an Indian tomahawk and woodsman's axe in saltire argent, an annulet on which a shepherd's crook erect or, and over all within the annulet a lozenge argent charged with an anchor azure.
General characteristics
Class and type	River-class frigate
Displacement	1,445 long tons (1,468 t; 1,618 short tons); 2,110 long tons (2,140 t; 2,360 short tons) (deep load);
Length	283 ft (86.26 m) p/p; 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a;
Beam	36.5 ft (11.13 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37.0 km/h); 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) (turbine ships);
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
Armament	2 × QF 4 in (102 mm)/45 Mk. XVI on twin mount HA/LA Mk.XIX; 1 × QF 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) 12 cwt /40 Mk. V on mounting HA/LA Mk.IX (not all ships); 8 × 20 mm QF Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V; 1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector; up to 150 depth charges;

HMCS Cap de la Madeleine was a River-class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1944-1945 and as a Prestonian-class frigate from 1954-1965. She saw action in the Battle of the Atlantic as a convoy escort during the Second World War. She is named for Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, which is now a part of Trois-Rivières.

Cap de la Madeleine was ordered in October 1941 as part of the 1942-43 building program.^[2]^[3] She was laid down 5 November 1943 by Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Quebec City and launched 13 May 1944.^[3] Cap de la Madeleine was commissioned into the RCN on 30 September 1944 at Quebec City with the pennant K663.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Arbuckle, p. 18
^ ^a ^b Macpherson, Ken; Burgess, John (1981). The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910-1981 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships. Toronto: Collins. ISBN 0-00216-856-1.
^ ^a ^b "HMCS Cap de la Madeleine (K 663)". uboat.net. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

[a1-1] Arbuckle, p. 18

[Macpherson-2] Macpherson, Ken; Burgess, John (1981). The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910-1981 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships. Toronto: Collins. ISBN 0-00216-856-1.

[uboat-3] "HMCS Cap de la Madeleine (K 663)". uboat.net. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

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History
HMCS Cap de la Madeleine
Canada
Name	Cap de la Madeleine
Namesake	Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec
Ordered	October 1941
Builder	Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Quebec City
Yard number	31
Laid down	5 November 1943
Launched	13 May 1944
Commissioned	30 September 1944
Decommissioned	25 November 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K663
Recommissioned	7 December 1954
Decommissioned	15 May 1965
Reclassified	Prestonian-class frigate
Identification	pennant number: FFE 317
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1945^[1]
Fate	Broken up La Spezia, Italy 1966
Badge	Azure, on an Indian tomahawk and woodsman's axe in saltire argent, an annulet on which a shepherd's crook erect or, and over all within the annulet a lozenge argent charged with an anchor azure.^[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	River-class frigate
Displacement	1,445 long tons (1,468 t; 1,618 short tons) 2,110 long tons (2,140 t; 2,360 short tons) (deep load)
Length	283 ft (86.26 m) p/p 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a
Beam	36.5 ft (11.13 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37.0 km/h) 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) (turbine ships)
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
Armament	2 × QF 4 in (102 mm)/45 Mk. XVI on twin mount HA/LA Mk.XIX 1 × QF 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) 12 cwt /40 Mk. V on mounting HA/LA Mk.IX (not all ships) 8 × 20 mm QF Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V 1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector up to 150 depth charges