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HMCS Nene
River-class frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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HMS Nene was a River-class frigate, designed for anti-submarine operations, that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. In 1944 she was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy and recommissioned as HMCS Nene, who returned her to the Royal Navy in 1945. Following the war she remained in reserve until disposed of in 1955.
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Name | Nene |
Namesake | River Nene, England |
Ordered | 24 January 1942 |
Builder | Smiths Dock Co., Middlesbrough |
Laid down | 20 June 1942 |
Launched | 9 December 1942 |
Commissioned | 8 April 1943 |
Out of service |
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Reinstated | 11 June 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number: K270 |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Broken up for salvage in 1955 |
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Name | Nene |
Commissioned | 4 June 1944 |
Decommissioned | 11 June 1945 |
Fate | Returned to RN |
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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