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History
HMCS RockcliffeCanada
NameRockcliffe
NamesakeRockcliffe Park
BuilderPort Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur
Laid down23 December 1942
Launched19 August 1943
Commissioned30 September 1944
Decommissioned28 July 1945
IdentificationPennant number J335
Recommissioned3 March 1947
Decommissioned15 August 1950
Identification266
Honours and
awards
Atlantic 1945[1]
FateSold for scrap 24 March 1960
BadgeArgent, a squirrel sable sejant on a broken tree branch proper, holding between the forepaws a fid or marlin spike or[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeAlgerine-class minesweeper
Displacement
  • 1,030 long tons (1,047 t) (standard)
  • 1,325 long tons (1,346 t) (deep)
Length225 ft (69 m) o/a
Beam35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Draught12.25 ft 6 in (3.89 m)
Installed power
  • 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 2,400 ihp (1,800 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement85
Armament
  • 1 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft gun
  • 4 × twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  • 1 × Hedgehog

HMCS Rockcliffe was a reciprocating engine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper built for the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Following the war, the ship saw service as training vessel before being scrapped in 1960.

  1. ^ a b Arbuckle, p. 104

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