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HMCS Dundas
History
HMCS DundasCanada
NameDundas
NamesakeDundas, Ontario
BuilderVictoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd., Victoria
Laid down19 March 1941
Launched25 July 1941
Commissioned1 April 1942
Decommissioned17 July 1945
IdentificationPennant number: K229
Honours and
awards
Atlantic 1942–45[1]
FateScrapped 1946
General characteristics
Class and typeFlower-class corvette
Displacement950 long tons (970 t; 1,060 short tons)
Length203 ft (61.87 m)
Beam33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught13 ft (3.96 m)
Propulsion
  • single shaft
  • 2 × water tube boilers[citation needed]
  • 1 × double acting triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
  • 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)
Range3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement5 officers, 61 men
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × SW1C or 2C radar
  • 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament
  • 1 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk.IX single gun
  • 1 × 2-pounder Mk.VIII single "pom-pom"
  • 4 × Mk.II depth charge throwers
  • 2 depth charge rails with 60 depth charges

HMCS Dundas was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She saw action in both Atlantic and Pacific theatres of the war. She was named for Dundas, Ontario.

  1. ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 31 August 2013.

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