HMCS Snowberry information

	HMCS Snowberry in May 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	Snowberry
Namesake	Snowberry
Ordered	22 January 1940
Builder	Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon
Laid down	24 February 1940
Launched	8 August 1940
Commissioned	26 November 1940
Out of service	loaned to Royal Canadian Navy 15 May 1941
Identification	Pennant number: K166
Fate	Returned from RCN June 1945. Scrapped in August 1947 at Middlesbrough.
Canada
Name	Snowberry
Acquired	loaned from Royal Navy
Commissioned	15 May 1941
Out of service	returned to Royal Navy 27 June 1945
Refit	Forecastle extended at Charleston on 14 May 1943.
Identification	Pennant number: K166
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1941-44, Biscay 1943, English Channel 1945; Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette (original)
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11.5 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);
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	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 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 Snowberry was a Flower-class corvette that was originally built for the Royal Navy, but spent most of the war in service with the Royal Canadian Navy. She fought primarily as a convoy escort during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic.

^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
^ "Royal Canadian Warships – The Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence – Second World War". Veterans Affairs Canada. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
^ Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J (1968). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. Doubleday & Company. pp. 201, 212.

[Britain-1] "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 24 August 2013.

[veterans-2] "Royal Canadian Warships – The Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence – Second World War". Veterans Affairs Canada. Retrieved 24 August 2013.

[lenton-3] Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J (1968). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. Doubleday & Company. pp. 201, 212.

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History
HMCS Snowberry in May 1943
United Kingdom
Name	Snowberry
Namesake	Snowberry
Ordered	22 January 1940
Builder	Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon
Laid down	24 February 1940
Launched	8 August 1940
Commissioned	26 November 1940
Out of service	loaned to Royal Canadian Navy 15 May 1941
Identification	Pennant number: K166
Fate	Returned from RCN June 1945. Scrapped in August 1947 at Middlesbrough.
Canada
Name	Snowberry
Acquired	loaned from Royal Navy
Commissioned	15 May 1941
Out of service	returned to Royal Navy 27 June 1945
Refit	Forecastle extended at Charleston on 14 May 1943.
Identification	Pennant number: K166
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1941-44, Biscay 1943, English Channel 1945;^[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944^[2]
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette (original)^[3]
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11.5 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)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	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 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