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River-class frigates were the first Royal Canadian Navy warships to carry the 147B Sword horizontal fan echo sonar transmitter in addition to the irregular ASDIC. This allowed the ship to maintain contact with targets even while firing unless a target was struck. Improved radar and direction-finding
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Improvements over the corvette design included improved accommodation which was markedly better. The twin engines gave only three more knots of speed but extended the range of the ship to nearly double that of a corvette at 7,200 nautical miles (13,300 km) at 12 knots. Among other lessons
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naval exercise "New Broom II" and in October, the exercise "Morning Mist" before performing a two-month training cruise in the Mediterranean Sea, making several port visits. The squadron returned to Canada on 10 December 1954.
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The River-class frigate was designed by William Reed of Smith's Dock Company of South Bank-on-Tees. Originally called a "twin-screw corvette", its purpose was to improve on the convoy escort classes in service with the
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began a tropicalization refit at Halifax completing on 20 August 1945. However the plans to send her to the Pacific had been cancelled and she was paid off 9 November and sold to Marine Industries Ltd.
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Gules, four tridents, argent, one pointing to the chief, one to the base, one to the dexter and one to the sinister and over all a roundel barry wavy argent two dexter hands conjoined proper
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including a twin 4-inch mount forward and 12-pounder aft. 15 Canadian frigates were initially fitted with a single 4-inch gun forward but with the exception of
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Canada originally ordered the construction of 33 frigates in October 1941. The design was too big for the shipyards on the
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anti-submarine mortars. As the first ship to complete the conversion, she gave her name to the new class. In August 1953,
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646 long tons (656 t; 724 short tons) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h)
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was ordered on 1 February 1943 as part of the 1943–1944 River-class building program. She was laid down as
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The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910–1981 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships
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equipment improved the RCN's ability to find and track enemy submarines over the previous classes.
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so all the frigates built in Canada were built in dockyards along the west coast or along the
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anti-submarine mortar and depth charge rails aft and four side-mounted throwers.
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from 1953–1956. She saw action primarily as a convoy escort. She was named for
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applied to the design was an armament package better designed to combat
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12 cwt /40 Mk. V on mounting HA/LA Mk.IX (not all ships)
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9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)
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of the Royal Canadian Navy and was adopted later that year.
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2,110 long tons (2,140 t; 2,360 short tons) (deep load)
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was reacquired by the RCN to undergo conversion to a
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Halifax, Nova Scotia: Nimbus Publishing. 818: 816: 814: 812: 810: 808: 673:-class frigates would be loaned to Norway; 394:20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) (turbine ships) 2889: 1845: 1648: 1067: 1053: 1045: 621:did not see much action. Upon arriving at 526:Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd. 497:, however due to possible confusion with 377:2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, 767: 765: 763: 742:Macpherson, Ken; Burgess, John (1981). 714: 379:reciprocating vertical triple expansion 1007:Macpherson, Ken; Burgess, John (1981) 926:"West Indies Goal of Training Trips". 876: 874: 17: 911:"Escort Squadron Formed at Halifax". 797:Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J. (1968). 198: 41: 7: 241:loaned 24 April 1956; purchased 1959 956:"Squadron Back From "Med" Cruise". 881:Raymond V.B. Blackman, ed. (1958). 444:QF Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V 3714:List of frigates of the Royal Navy 14: 971:"Three Frigates Lent to Norway". 941:"Escort Squadron Touring "Med"". 896:"First Converted Frigate Ready". 3630: 3573: 3533: 3500: 3472: 3439: 3406: 3349: 3220: 3163: 3112: 3067: 3004: 2959: 2946: 2901: 2780: 2745: 2712: 2601: 1833: 1636: 1084: 381:, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) 327:(1,468 t; 1,618 short tons) 200: 43: 21: 424:QF 4 in (102 mm) 1: 883:Jane's Fighting Ships 1958–59 348:301.25 ft (91.82 m) 989:Arbuckle, J. Graeme (1987). 2894:Post World War II operators 991:Badges of the Canadian Navy 559:at the time, including the 361:36.5 ft (11.13 m) 342:283 ft (86.26 m) 276:submarine depot ship (1965) 3776: 547: 426:/45 Mk. 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Preston, Ontario
Davie Shipbuilding
Lauzon
pennant number
Prestonian-class frigate
Norway
Norse mythological
Troll
River-class
frigate
long tons
p/p
o/a
reciprocating vertical triple expansion
QF 4 in (102 mm)
HA/LA
QF 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm))
20 mm
Hedgehog
depth charges
River-class
frigate
Royal Canadian Navy
Second World War
Prestonian-class frigate
Preston, Ontario
HMS Preston
Royal Norwegian Navy
Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd.

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