HMCS Charlottetown (1941)
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For the K244 launched in 1943, see HMCS Charlottetown (1943).
For other ships with the same name, see HMCS Charlottetown.
HMCS Charlottetown was a Flower-class corvette that served the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Charlottetown's pennant number K244 is unique in that it was also used for HMCS Charlottetown, a River-class frigate.
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Name | Charlottetown |
Namesake | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
Builder | Kingston Shipbuilding Ltd., Kingston |
Laid down | 7 June 1941 |
Launched | 10 September 1941 |
Commissioned | 13 December 1941 |
Homeport | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Identification | Pennant number: K244 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic, 1942;[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1942. |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk on 11 September 1942 by U-517 while escorting convoy SQ-30 in the St. Lawrence River north of Cap Chat at 49-10N, 66-50W. 9 crew killed. |
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Class and type | Modified Flower-class corvette |
Displacement | 1,015 long tons (1,031 t; 1,137 short tons) |
Length | 208 ft (63.4 m)o/a |
Beam | 33 ft (10.1 m) |
Draught | 11 ft (3.35 m) |
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Speed | 16 knots (29.6 km/h) |
Range | 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
Complement | 90 |
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