NAVY HISTORY - Ships - Frigate

HMCS ANTGONISH

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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HMCS ANTGONISH

Builder: Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt, BC Canada

Construction Started: 2 October 1943

Launched: 10 February 1944

Commissioned :4 July 1944

Pennant #: FFE 301

Atlantic 1945; Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944

Decommissioned :2 May 1946

Broken up in Japan, 1968

Other Ships

River Class Frigate

Specifications

HMCS ANTIGONISH

Displacement: 1,445 long tons (1,468 t; 1,618 short tons) 2,110 long tons (2,140 t; 2,360 short tons) (deep load)

Length: 283 ft (86.26 m) p/p 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a

Beam: 36.5 ft (11.13 m)

Draught: 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)

Propulsion: 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)

Speed: 20 knots (37.0 km/h) 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) (turbine ships)

Compliment: 157

Armarments:
2 × QF 4 in (102 mm)/45 Mk. XVI on twin mount HA/LA Mk.XIX
1 × QF 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) 12 cwt /40 Mk. V on mounting HA/LA Mk.IX (not all ships)
8 × 20 mm QF Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V
1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector up to 150 depth charges

Other Frigates

Commanders

LCdr Raiffe Dillon Barrett, RCNR - 04 Jul 1944 - 04 May 1945
A/LCdr James Alexander Dunn, RCNVR - 05 May 1945 - 22 Jul 1945
A/LCdr Gordon Guthrie Keith Holder, RCNVR - 13 Aug 1945 - 28 Oct 1945
A/Cdr Anthony Hubert Gleadow Storrs, DSC & Bar, RCN - 29 Oct 1945 - 06 Feb 1946
A/LCdr John Elford Wolfenden, RCNR - 26 Apr 1947 - 16 Aug 1947
LCdr C.A. Law, DSC, RCN - 17 Aug 1947 - 03 Dec 1948
LCdr W.S.T. McCully, RCN - 04 Dec 1948 - 27 Sep 1950
LCdr Raymond Phillips, RCN - 28 Sep 1950 - 03 Aug 1952
LCdr Harry Romeyn Beck, RCN - 04 Aug 1952 - 15 Jan 1954
LCdr Robert William James Cocks, RCN - 12 Oct 1957 - 16 Aug 1960
LCdr G.M. De Rosenroll, RCN - 17 Aug 1960 - 08 Aug 1961
LCdr E.M. Jones, RCN - 09 Aug 1961 - 27 Aug 1963
LCdr H.J. Wade, RCN - 24 Aug 1963 - 26 Apr 1964
LCdr Paul Lancelot Steele McCulloch, RCN - 27 Apr 1964 - 02 Sep 1945
LCdr J.L. Donald, RCN - 03 Sep 1965 - 30 Nov 1966

Sources

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
PHOTO CREDIT - HMCS Antigonish - http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_ANTIGONISH_K661_301.htm
Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
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_ANTIGONISH_K661_301.htm
https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories/antigonish.html
http://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=Antigonish%20%28H.M.C.S.%29&id=1086
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Antigonish_(K661)

Cite Article : Reference: www.navyhistory/sections/Ships/Minesweepers/HMCS_Courtenay.html

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