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HMCS Fergus
History
HMCS FergusCanada
NameHMCS Fergus
NamesakeFergus, Ontario
OperatorRoyal Canadian Navy
Ordered2 January 1942
BuilderCollingwood Shipyards Ltd., Collingwood
Laid down10 December 1943
Launched30 August 1944
Commissioned18 November 1944
Decommissioned14 July 1945
IdentificationPennant number: K686
Honours and
awards
Atlantic 1944-45[1]
FateSold for mercantile use, sunk 1949
General characteristics
Class and typeFlower-class corvette (modified)
Displacement1,015 long tons (1,031 t; 1,137 short tons)
Length208 ft (63.40 m)o/a
Beam33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught11 ft (3.35 m)
Propulsion
  • single shaft
  • 2 × oil fired water tube boilers
  • 1 triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
  • 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range7,400 nautical miles (13,705 km) at 10 knots (18.5 km/h)
Complement90
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 Type 271 SW2C radar
  • 1 Type 144 sonar
Armament
  • 1 × 4 in (102 mm) QF Mk XIX naval gun
  • 1 × 2-pounder Mk.VIII single "pom-pom"
  • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon single
  • 1 × Hedgehog A/S mortar
  • 4 × Mk.II depth charge throwers
  • 2 × depth charge rails with 70 depth charges

HMCS Fergus was a modified Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She fought primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as a convoy escort. She was named for Fergus, Ontario. She was originally named Fort Frances but was renamed before launching.[2] She was the last corvette launched by the Royal Canadian Navy.[3]

  1. ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  2. ^ Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  3. ^ Macpherson, Ken; Burgess, John (1981). The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910-1981 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships. Toronto: Collins. p. 95. ISBN 0-00216-856-1.

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