HMCS Windflower
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Windflower.
HMCS Windflower was a Royal Canadian Navy Flower-class corvette which took part in convoy escort duties in the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War.
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HMCS Windflower during acceptance trials in 1940. Most of the ship's armament has not yet been fitted. | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Windflower |
Namesake | Windflower |
Ordered | 22 January 1940 |
Builder | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon |
Laid down | 25 February 1940 |
Launched | 4 July 1940 |
Commissioned | 20 October 1940 |
Out of service | 15 May 1941 |
Identification | Pennant number: K155 |
Fate | Loaned to Canada 1941; sunk 1941 |
Canada | |
Name | Windflower |
Acquired | Loaned from United Kingdom |
Commissioned | 15 May 1941 |
Out of service | 7 December 1941 |
Identification | Pennant number: K155 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1941[1] |
Fate | Sunk on 7 December 1941 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
Displacement | 925 long tons (940 t) |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) o/a |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
Installed power | 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h) |
Range | 3,500 nmi (4,000 mi; 6,500 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
Complement | 85 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament |
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