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West York's bow during a transfer with HMCS Fergus
History
HMCS West YorkCanada
NameWest York
NamesakeWeston, Ontario
OrderedJune 1942
BuilderMidland Shipyards. Ltd., Midland
Laid down23 July 1943
Launched25 January 1944
Commissioned6 October 1944
Decommissioned9 July 1945
IdentificationPennant number: K369
Honours and
awards
Atlantic 1945[1]
FateSold for mercantile conversion; sunk in collision 1960
General characteristics
Class and typeModified Flower-class corvette
Displacement1,015 long tons (1,031 t; 1,137 short tons)
Length208 ft (63.4 m)o/a
Beam33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught11 ft (3.35 m)
Propulsion
  • single shaft
  • 2 × water tube boilers
  • 1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
  • 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement90
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × Type 271 SW2C radar
  • 1 × Type 144 sonar
Armament
  • 1 × 4 in (102 mm) BL Mk.IX single gun
  • 1 × 2-pounder. Mk.VIII single "pom-pom" AA gun
  • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon single
  • 1 × Hedgehog A/S mortar
  • 4 × Mk.II depth charge throwers
  • 2 depth charge rails with 70 depth charges

HMCS West York was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Canadian Navy which took part in convoy escort duties during the Second World War. Named after Weston, Ontario, she was built by Midland Shipyards Ltd. in Midland, Ontario and commissioned on 6 October 1944 at Collingwood.

  1. ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

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