HMCS Weyburn
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HMCS Weyburn was a Royal Canadian Navy Flower-class corvette which took part in convoy escort duties during the Second World War. She fought primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for Weyburn, Saskatchewan. She was sunk by mine in 1943.
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HMCS Weyburn, circa 1942-1943 | |
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Canada | |
Name | Weyburn |
Namesake | Weyburn, Saskatchewan |
Ordered | 1 February 1940 |
Builder | Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company, Port Arthur |
Laid down | 21 December 1940 |
Launched | 26 July 1941 |
Commissioned | 26 November 1941 |
Out of service | 22 February 1943 |
Identification | Pennant number: K173 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1942, North Africa 1942-43,[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942[2] |
Fate | Sunk by mine 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette (original)[3] |
Displacement | 925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons) |
Length | 205 ft (62.48 m)o/a |
Beam | 33 ft (10.06 m) |
Draught | 11.5 ft (3.51 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 | 85 |
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