3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement
85
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 single 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
originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed
HMCS Shediac was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as a convoy escort. She was named after the town of Shediac, New Brunswick.
^"Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
^Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J (1968). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. Doubleday & Company. pp. 201, 212.
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attacked the convoy, but was attacked with depth charges and sunk by HMCSShediac and HMCS St. Croix. The convoy arrived at Bône on 11 March. As with Convoy...
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and sunk by U-410 west of Gibraltar. Sixty-five people were rescued by HMCSShediac and Empire Flamingo. She left the convoy at Gibraltar on 7 March and...
survivors were rescued by the convoy rescue ship Bury and 25 were rescued by HMCSShediac. They were landed at St John's, Newfoundland on 17 and 16 May respectively...
They were rescued by USCGC Spencer ( United States Coast Guard) and HMCSShediac ( Royal Canadian Navy). Cristales was scuttled by the latter ship. K-23...
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