HMCS Saint John (K456)
River-class frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMCS Saint John 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 named for Saint John, New Brunswick.
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HMCS Saint John | |
History | |
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Canada | |
Name | Saint John |
Namesake | Saint John, New Brunswick |
Operator | Royal Canadian Navy |
Ordered | October 1941 |
Builder | Canadian Vickers Ltd. Montreal, Quebec |
Laid down | 28 May 1943 |
Launched | 25 August 1943 |
Commissioned | 13 December 1943 |
Decommissioned | 27 November 1945 |
Identification | pennant number: K 456 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1944, English Channel 1944, Normandy 1944, North Sea 1945[1] |
Fate | Sold, scrapped 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | River-class frigate |
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Length | |
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) |
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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 |
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Saint John was ordered in October 1941 as part of the 1942–1943 River-class building program.[2][3] She was laid down on 28 May 1943 by Canadian Vickers Ltd. at Montreal, Quebec and launched 25 August later that year.[3] She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 13 December 1943 at Montreal.[2]