HMCS Chilliwack information

	HMCS Chilliwack, circa 1942.
History
Canada
Name	Chilliwack
Namesake	Chilliwack, British Columbia
Ordered	14 February 1940
Builder	Burrard Dry Dock, North Vancouver
Laid down	3 July 1940
Launched	14 September 1940
Commissioned	8 April 1941
Out of service	Paid off 14 July 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K131
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1941-45
Fate	Scrapped 1946.
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette (original)
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)
Propulsion	single shaft; 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers; 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine; 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW);
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	85
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × SW1C or 2C radar; 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar;
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX single gun; 2 × .50 cal machine gun (twin); 2 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun (twin); 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers; 2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges; originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed;

HMCS Chilliwack was a Flower-class corvette who served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She saw action primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as a convoy escort. She was named for Chilliwack, British Columbia.

^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
^ Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J (1968). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. Doubleday & Company. pp. 201, 212.

[Britain-1] "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 4 August 2013.

[lenton-2] Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J (1968). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. Doubleday & Company. pp. 201, 212.

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History
HMCS Chilliwack, circa 1942.
Canada
Name	Chilliwack
Namesake	Chilliwack, British Columbia
Ordered	14 February 1940
Builder	Burrard Dry Dock, North Vancouver
Laid down	3 July 1940
Launched	14 September 1940
Commissioned	8 April 1941
Out of service	Paid off 14 July 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K131
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1941-45^[1]
Fate	Scrapped 1946.
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette (original)^[2]
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)
Propulsion	single shaft 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	85
Sensors and processing systems	1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX single gun 2 × .50 cal machine gun (twin) 2 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun (twin) 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed