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HMCS Kamsack
History
HMCS KamsackCanada
NameKamsack
NamesakeKamsack, Saskatchewan
Ordered1 February 1940
BuilderPort Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Port Arthur
Laid down20 November 1940
Launched5 May 1941
Commissioned4 October 1941
Decommissioned22 July 1945
IdentificationPennant number: K171
Honours and
awards
Atlantic 1942–44[1]
FateSold to Venezuelan navy
HMCS KamsackVenezuela
NameCarabobo
Acquiredpurchased from Royal Canadian Navy
Commissioned1945
Out of serviceDecember 1945
FateWrecked December 1945
General characteristics
Class and typeFlower-class corvette[2]
Displacement950 long tons (970 t; 1,060 short tons)
Length205 ft (62.48 m)
Beam33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion
  • Single shaft;
  • 2 water tube boilers;
  • 1 4-cyl. triple expansion steam engine, 2,750 hp (2,050 kW)
Speed16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement6 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 Kamsack 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 as an ocean escort. She was named for Kamsack, Saskatchewan.

  1. ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  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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