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serving with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War were different from earlier and more traditional sail-driven corvettes. The "corvette" designation was created by the French as a class of small warships; the Royal Navy borrowed the term for a period but discontinued its use in 1877.
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Corvettes commissioned by the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War were named after communities for the most part, to better represent the people who took part in building them. This idea was put forth by Admiral
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design. The generic name "flower" was used to designate the class of these ships, which – in the Royal Navy – were named after flowering plants.
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on 7 September 1940 and was launched on 8 February 1941. She was commissioned into the RCN on 6 October 1941 at Victoria. In September 1943
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reactivated the corvette class, needing a name for smaller ships used in an escort capacity, in this case based on a
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The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910-1981 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships
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in April 1945 but did not return to active service before the European part of the war ended.
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in February 1944. Upon arrival in March she joined escort group W-7 as part of the
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for the remainder of her war. After undergoing a second major refit,
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was one of the few RCN ships that played an active role in both the
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons & Warfare
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on 5 October 1945. On the way to the breakers, she foundered near
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as part of the 1939-1940 Flower-class building program. She was
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The Sea is at our Gates : The History of the Canadian Navy
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corvettes to serve in action in both oceans. She was named for
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Aleutians 1942-43, Atlantic 1944-45, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944
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During the hurried preparations for war in the late 1930s,
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originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed
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as a local escort. In August 1942 she and her sister,
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that began in January 1945 that lasted until April.
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New Jersey: Random House. 1996. p.  3981:Ships built in Victoria, British Columbia 869:Macpherson, Ken; Burgess, John (1981). 576: 3976:Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign 1045: 808:. St. Catherines: Vanwell Publishing. 804:Macpherson, Ken; Milner, Marc (1993). 20: 758:. Naval Institute Press. p. 62. 697:Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II 409:was ordered on 14 February 1940 from 170:Foundered 1946; raised and broken up. 43: 7: 1017:Canadian Navy of Yesterday and Today 639:Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J (1968). 433:extended. She had a second refit at 731:. Stackpole Books. pp. 39–63. 656:"Complete List of Sailing Vessels" 14: 680:Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. (1978). 501:After completing her major refit 288:1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar 3916: 3781: 3746: 3543: 3501: 3221: 3157: 3123: 3023: 2995: 2925: 2897: 1826: 1777: 1203: 1112: 873:. Toronto: Collins. p. 74. 302:BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX 45: 24: 320:2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 247:2,750 ihp (2,050 kW) 201:(940 t; 1,036 short tons) 1: 1143:Commandant d'Estienne d'Orves 513:. She escorted convoys from 377:Flower-class corvettes like 241:2 × fire tube Scotch boilers 136:Esquimalt, British Columbia 3997: 3130:Royal Navy Belgian Section 566:Battle of the St. Lawrence 415:Victoria, British Columbia 370: 315:Lewis .303 cal machine gun 309:.50 cal machine gun (twin) 228:11.5 ft (3.51 m) 209:205 ft (62.48 m) 3208: 1099: 355:. She was one of the few 257:16 knots (29.6 km/h) 220:33 ft (10.06 m) 174: 38: 23: 1120:Free French Naval Forces 548:. 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Dawson City, Yukon
Victoria Machinery Depot
Victoria
Esquimalt, British Columbia
Halifax, Nova Scotia
pennant number
Flower-class
corvette
long tons
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BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX
.50 cal machine gun (twin)
Lewis .303 cal machine gun
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corvette
Royal Canadian Navy
Second World War
Canadian
Dawson City, Yukon
Flower-class corvette
Winston Churchill
whaling ship
Percy W. Nelles
Victoria Machinery Depot
Victoria, British Columbia
laid down
Vancouver
fo'c'sle
Dartmouth

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