HMCS Dunvegan information

	HMCS Dunvegan
History
Canada
Name	Dunvegan
Ordered	22 January 1940
Builder	Marine Industries Ltd. Sorel
Laid down	30 August 1940
Launched	11 December 1940
Commissioned	9 September 1941
Decommissioned	3 July 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K177
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1941–44
Fate	Sold to Venezuelan navy
Venezuela
Name	ARV Independencia
Acquired	Purchased from Royal Canadian Navy
Commissioned	1946
Out of service	1953
Fate	Broken up 1953
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	950 long tons (970 t; 1,060 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion	Single shaft; 2 water tube boilers; 1 4-cyl. triple expansion steam engine, 2,750 hp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Endurance	3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	6 officers, 79 men
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar – SW1C or 2C (later); Sonar – Type 123A, later Type 127DV;
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX single gun; 2 .50 cal machine gun twin; 2 Lewis .303 cal mg twin; 2 Mk.II depth charge throwers; 2 depth charge rails with 40 depth charges.; Originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed.;

HMCS Dunvegan was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. After the war she was sold to the Venezuelan Navy. She was named for Dunvegan, Inverness County, Nova Scotia.^[2]

^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
^ Macpherson, Ken; Burgess, John (1981). The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910–1981 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships. Toronto: Collins. pp. 75, 231. ISBN 0-00216-856-1.

[Britain-1] "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 10 August 2013.

[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. pp. 75, 231. ISBN 0-00216-856-1.

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History
HMCS Dunvegan
Canada
Name	Dunvegan
Ordered	22 January 1940
Builder	Marine Industries Ltd. Sorel
Laid down	30 August 1940
Launched	11 December 1940
Commissioned	9 September 1941
Decommissioned	3 July 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K177
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1941–44^[1]
Fate	Sold to Venezuelan navy
Venezuela
Name	ARV Independencia
Acquired	Purchased from Royal Canadian Navy
Commissioned	1946
Out of service	1953
Fate	Broken up 1953
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	950 long tons (970 t; 1,060 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion	Single shaft; 2 water tube boilers; 1 4-cyl. triple expansion steam engine, 2,750 hp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Endurance	3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	6 officers, 79 men
Sensors and processing systems	Radar – SW1C or 2C (later) Sonar – Type 123A, later Type 127DV
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX single gun 2 .50 cal machine gun twin 2 Lewis .303 cal mg twin 2 Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 depth charge rails with 40 depth charges. Originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed.