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 Valleyfield was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was torpedoed and sunk in May 1944, the only River-class frigate lost by the RCN.[2] She was named for Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec.
Valleyfield was ordered in October 1941 as part of the 1942–1943 River-class building program.[2][3] She was laid down on 30 November 1942 by Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Co. at Quebec City and launched 17 July 1943.[3] She was commissioned into the RCN on 7 December 1943 at Quebec City.[2]
^"Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
^ abcMacpherson, 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.
^ abHelgason, Guðmundur. "HMCS Valleyfield (K 329)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
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fitted with a single 4-inch gun forward but with the exception of HMCSValleyfield, they were all eventually upgraded to the double mount. For underwater...
fitted with a single 4-inch gun forward but with the exception of HMCSValleyfield, they were all eventually upgraded to the double mount. For underwater...
fitted with a single 4-inch gun forward but with the exception of HMCSValleyfield, they were all eventually upgraded to the double mount. For underwater...
fitted with a single 4-inch gun forward but with the exception of HMCSValleyfield, they were all eventually upgraded to the double mount. For underwater...
fitted with a single 4-inch gun forward but with the exception of HMCSValleyfield, they were all eventually upgraded to the double mount. For underwater...
fitted with a single 4-inch gun forward but with the exception of HMCSValleyfield, they were all eventually upgraded to the double mount. For underwater...
fitted with a single 4-inch gun forward but with the exception of HMCSValleyfield, they were all eventually upgraded to the double mount. For underwater...
fitted with a single 4-inch gun forward but with the exception of HMCSValleyfield, they were all eventually upgraded to the double mount. For underwater...
fitted with a single 4-inch gun forward but with the exception of HMCSValleyfield, they were all eventually upgraded to the double mount. For underwater...
fitted with a single 4-inch gun forward but with the exception of HMCSValleyfield, they were all eventually upgraded to the double mount. For underwater...
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