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HMCS Rimouski, circa 1944 – 1945
History
HMCS RimouskiCanada
NameRimouski
NamesakeRimouski, Quebec
Ordered22 January 1940
BuilderDavie Shipbuilding, Lauzon
Laid down12 July 1940
Launched3 October 1940
Commissioned26 April 1941
Decommissioned24 July 1945
IdentificationPennant number: K121
Honours and
awards
Atlantic 1942-45, English Channel 1944-45, Normandy 1944[1]
FateScrapped in December 1950 in Canada.
General characteristics
Class and typeFlower-class corvette (original)[2]
Displacement925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion
  • single shaft
  • 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers
  • 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
  • 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement85
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × SW1C or 2C radar
  • 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament
  • 1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX gun
  • 2 × .50 cal machine gun (twin)
  • 2 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun (twin)
  • 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers
  • 2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges

HMCS Rimouski was a Royal Canadian Navy Flower-class corvette which took part in convoy escort duties during the Second World War. She fought primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named after Rimouski, Quebec.

  1. ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 23 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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