HMCS Outremont
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HMCS Outremont was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and again from 1955–1965 as a Prestonian-class frigate. During the war she served primarily as a convoy escort. She was named for Outremont, Quebec.
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History | |
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Canada | |
Name | Outremont |
Namesake | Outremont, Quebec |
Ordered | October 1941 |
Builder | Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Quebec City |
Laid down | 18 November 1942 |
Launched | 3 July 1943 |
Commissioned | 27 November 1943 |
Decommissioned | 5 November 1945 |
Identification | pennant number: K 322 |
Recommissioned | 2 December 1955 |
Decommissioned | 7 June 1965 |
Reclassified | Prestonian-class frigate 1955 |
Identification | pennant number: FFE 310 |
Motto | "Proud to serve"[1] |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1944, Arctic 1944, Normandy 1944[1][2] |
Fate | Sold, scrapped 1966 |
Badge | Party per chevron or and vert, in chief surmounting the peak of the chevron an ancient crown gules and in base a peacock in his pride, or[1] |
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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Outremont was ordered in October 1941 as part of the 1942–1943 River-class building program.[3][4] She was laid down on 18 November 1942 by Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co. at Quebec City and launched 3 July 1943.[4] She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 27 November 1943 at Quebec City.[3]