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117: 33: 1671: 1340: 1839: 1776: 1804: 506:, the inability of many small shipyards to construct the larger ships required them to come up with a smaller vessel. The increased length of the Castle class over their predecessors and their improved hull form gave the Castles better speed and performance on patrol in the North Atlantic and an acceptable replacement for the Flowers. This, coupled with improved anti-submarine armament in the form of the 1874: 575:. The Type 147B was tied to the Squid anti-submarine mortar and would automatically set the depth on the fuses of the projectiles until the moment of firing. A single Squid-launched attack had a success rate of 25%. The class was also provided with 510:
mortar led to a much more capable anti-submarine warfare (ASW) vessel. However, the design did have criticisms, mainly in the way it handled at low speeds and that the class's maximum speed was already slower than the speeds of the new
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in Canada and was commissioned on 4 May 1944 with the pennant number K488. Her first captain was Lieutenant Commander Leslie Perman Denny, RCNR. Of the ship's complement, at least five were from St. Thomas, and about a dozen from
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of 13 feet 6 inches (4.11 m) at deep load. The ships displaced 1,060 tonnes (1,040 long tons) standard and 1,580 tonnes (1,560 long tons) deep load. The ships had a complement of 120.
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was another of the many submarines successfully hunted and sunk by the RCN during the Battle of the Atlantic, confirming the Canadians as leading U-boat hunters. .
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had begun to withdraw, when the damaged U-boat was discovered to have surfaced 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) away. Rather than attacking a third time, the Canadian
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sank. The German second-in-command was credited with calling Déry every year to thank him for saving his life. The sinking of
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on 28 December 1943, but was never commissioned into the Royal Navy. Instead, she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy.
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Brown states the complement as 99 and Johnston states the complement of Canadian ships at 112 (7 officers and 105 ratings).
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to denote Marks (models) of ordnance until after World War II. This was the nineteenth model of British QF 4-inch gun
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twice detected and carried out attacks on the U-boat using her Squid forward-throwing anti-submarine mortar.
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Her primary mission was to escort convoys across the North Atlantic to Britain. After working up at
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Chesneau states the displacement at deep load as 1,590–1,630 t (1,560–1,600 long tons)
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Her second, and last captain was Lieutenant Commander Berkeley Hynes, RCNVR, who commanded
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Brown states the beam at 36.5 feet (11.1 m) and the draught at 13.5 feet (4.1 m)
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was sold into mercantile service and converted to a coastal passenger/cargo ship with a
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late that same year. She returned to Canada in April 1945 and underwent a refit at
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in position 46º25'N, 36º38'W, 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) off the coast of
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in 1958 before being sold to Alaska Cruise Lines Ltd and renamed again to
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The Castle class were an improved corvette design over their predecessor
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engine that drove one shaft, giving the ships a maximum speed of 16.5
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in July and remained there until being paid off on 22 November 1945.
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was sold to West Line Ltd and hulked for use as a floating hotel in
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beginning on 30 April. After the refit was completed she sailed to
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rescued all 56 members of the German crew. Shortly afterwards
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escorted 13 convoys across the North Atlantic in 1944–1945.
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was donated to the city of St. Thomas in the late 1940s.
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mounted forward. Anti-air armament varied from 4 to 10
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escort group C-3 as a trans-Atlantic convoy escort.
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The ships were equipped with Type 145 and Type 147B
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Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. 973:"HMCS St. Thomas anchors new exhibition" 966: 964: 962: 960: 958: 956: 917: 915: 905: 903: 901: 899: 897: 835: 785: 109:Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy 17: 1258:Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). 1159:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. 1140:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. 113: 29: 7: 188:Sold into mercantile service in 1946 284:36 ft 8 in (11.18 m) 556:The corvettes were armed with one 541:(2,050 kW). This powered one 479:in 1958 before being broken up in 448:in 1944. Initially ordered by the 292:13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) 247:General characteristics (as built) 14: 743:of 1,835 tons. Initially renamed 1913:Ships of the Royal Canadian Navy 1872: 1837: 1802: 1774: 1669: 1338: 1221:. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. 663:is credited with the sinking of 115: 31: 819:Mk XIX = Mark 19. 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Index

Sandgate Castle
Kent
Smiths Dock Company
Southbank-on-Tees
St. Thomas, Ontario
pennant number
Tacoma, Washington
Castle-class
corvette
knots
QF 4-inch Mk XIX gun
Squid
anti-submarine mortar
Depth charge
20 mm
Castle-class
corvette
Royal Canadian Navy
Second World War
Battle of the Atlantic
U-boat
U-877
British
Royal Navy
Washington
Flower class
Admiralty
Loch-class
frigates
Squid

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