NAVY HISTORY - Ships - Mine Sweepers

HMCS CARAQUET


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HMCS CARAQUET

Builder: North Vancouver Ship Repairs, North Vancouver, British Columbia

Construction Started: 31 January 1941

Launched: 2 June 1941

Commissioned :2 April 1942

Pennant #: J38

Entire Career service on West Coast

Decommissioned : 26 September 1945

returned to Royal Navy 1945

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Specifications
HMCS CARAQUET

Displacement: 672 long tons (683 t)

Length:180 ft (54.9 m) oa

Beam: 28 ft 6 in (8.7 m)

Draught: 9 ft 9 in (3.0 m)

Propulsion: 2 Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, 2 shafts, vertical triple-expansion reciprocating engines, 2,400 ihp (1,790 kW)

Speed: 16.5 knots (31 km/h)

Compliment: 83

Armarments:
1 × 12-pounder (3 in (76 mm)) 12 cwt HA gun
2 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns 40 depth charges as escort

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Sources

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

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