Historical modified Flower-class corvette of Royal Canadian Navy
HMCS Lindsay
History
Canada
Name
HMCS Lindsay
Namesake
Lindsay, Ontario
Operator
Royal Canadian Navy
Ordered
2 January 1942
Builder
Midland Shipyards Ltd., Midland
Laid down
30 September 1942
Launched
4 June 1943
Commissioned
15 November 1943
Decommissioned
18 July 1945
Identification
Pennant number: K338
Honours and awards
Atlantic 1944-45, English Channel 1944, Normandy 1944[1]
Fate
Sold for mercantile use, scrapped 1970
General characteristics
Class and type
Flower-class corvette (modified)
Displacement
1,015 long tons (1,031 t; 1,137 short tons)
Length
208 ft (63.40 m)o/a
Beam
33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught
11 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)
Speed
16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range
7,400 nautical miles (13,705 km) at 10 knots (18.5 km/h)
Complement
90
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 Lindsay 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 Lindsay, Ontario.
^"Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
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