NAVY HISTORY - Ships - Corvettes
The Canadian West Coast became a ship building powerhouse during the Second World War for both Naval and merchant ships. Additional information regarding the construction, record and ultimate fate of these ships will be added to these pages as this project progresses with current information available through the links listed below.
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Ship Information 
HMCS DAWSON
Builder:Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd., British Columbia
Construction Started: 7 September 1940
Launched: 8 February 1941
Commissioned :6 October 1941
Pennant #: K104
Esquimalt, British Columbia; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Aleutians 1942-43, Atlantic 1944-45,[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944
Decommissioned :19 June 1945
foundered 1946; raised and broken up
Other ShipsHMCS DAWSON
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)
Propulsion: 2750ihp Steam reciprocating engine with a 4-cylinder Triple expansion engine with 2 Scotch marine boilers
Speed: 16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Compliment: 85
Armarments:
1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX single gun
2 × .50 cal machine gun (twin)
2 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun (twin)
2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers
2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges
- CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum Joseph M. Lenarcik, Assistant Curator. Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada
- Government of Canada - Navy. https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories.html
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PHOTO CREDIT - HMCS Dawson K104 Source: Flickr photo collection of Ron Bell
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Douglas, W.A.B.; Sarty, Roger; Whitby, Michael (2002). No Higher Purpose: The Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War, 1939–1943 Volume II, Part I. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-061-6.
- Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.
- http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_DAWSON_K104.htm
- https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories/dawson.html
- https://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=Dawson%20%28H.M.C.S.%29&id=4262
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Dawson
Cite Article : Reference: www.navyhistory/sections/Ships/Minesweepers/HMCS_Courtenay.html
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