HMCS Swansea information

	Petty Officer G Ardy, of London, Ontario, standing by the gun-shield on which are painted symbols indicating Swansea's U-boat kills.
History
Canada
Name	Swansea
Namesake	Swansea, Ontario
Ordered	October 1941
Builder	Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt
Yard number	83
Laid down	15 July 1942
Launched	19 December 1942
Commissioned	4 October 1943
Decommissioned	2 November 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K328
Recommissioned	12 April 1948
Decommissioned	14 October 1966
Reclassified	Prestonian-class frigate
Identification	Pennant number: 328
Motto	Floreat Swansea (Let Swansea flourish)
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1943–44, Normandy 1944, English Channel 1944
Fate	Sold August 1967, broken up Savona, Italy 1967
Badge	Azure in a base barry wavy of four argent and azure out of which a swan with wings displayed argent and holding in its beak or a maple leaf gules.
General characteristics
Class and type	River-class frigate
Displacement	1,445 long tons (1,468 t; 1,618 short tons); 2,110 long tons (2,140 t; 2,360 short tons) (deep load);
Length	283 ft (86.26 m) p/p; 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a;
Beam	36.5 ft (11.13 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)
Propulsion	2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37.0 km/h); 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) (turbine ships);
Range	646 long tons (656 t; 724 short tons) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h)
Complement	157
Armament	2 × QF 4 in (102 mm)/45 Mk. XVI on twin mount HA/LA Mk.XIX; 1 × QF 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) 12 cwt /40 Mk. V on mounting HA/LA Mk.IX (not all ships); 8 × 20 mm QF Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V; 1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector; up to 150 depth charges;

HMCS Swansea was a Canadian River-class frigate that was the most successful U-boat hunter in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War, having a hand in the destruction of four of them. She saw service in the Battle of the Atlantic from 1943 to 1945. Following the war she was refit as a Prestonian-class frigate. She is named for Swansea, Ontario.

Swansea was ordered in October 1941 as part of the 1942–1943 building program.^[3]^[4] She was laid down on 15 July 1942 by Yarrows Ltd. at Esquimalt and launched 19 December 1942.^[4] Swansea was commissioned into the RCN at Victoria, British Columbia, on 4 October 1943 with the pennant K328.^[3]^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c Arbuckle, J. Graeme (1987). Badges of the Canadian Navy. Halifax, NS: Nimbus Publishing. p. 119. ISBN 0-920852-49-1.
^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
^ ^a ^b Macpherson, Ken; Burgess, John (1981). The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910–1981 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships. Toronto: Collins. ISBN 0-00216-856-1.
^ ^a ^b ^c Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMCS Swansea (K 328)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

[Arbuckle-1] Arbuckle, J. Graeme (1987). Badges of the Canadian Navy. Halifax, NS: Nimbus Publishing. p. 119. ISBN 0-920852-49-1.

[Britain-2] "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 18 September 2013.

[Macpherson-3] Macpherson, Ken; Burgess, John (1981). The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910–1981 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships. Toronto: Collins. ISBN 0-00216-856-1.

[uboat-4] Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMCS Swansea (K 328)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

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