NAVY HISTORY - Ships - Corvettes

HMCS DUNDAS

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 DUNDAS

Builder: Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd.

Construction Started:19 March 1941

Launched: 25 July 1941

Commissioned :1 April 1942

Atlantic 1942–45

Commissioned: 17 July 1945

Pennant #: K229

Scrapped 1946

Other Ships

Flower Class Corvetter

Specifications

HMCS DUNDAS

Displacement: 950 long tons (970 t; 1,060 short tons)

Length: 203 ft (61.87 m)

Beam: 33 ft (10.06 m)

Draught: 13 ft (3.96 m)

Propulsion: 2750ihp 4-cylinder Triple expansion engine with 2 Scotch marine boilers.

Speed: 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)

Compliment: 5 officers, 61 men

Armarments:
1 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk.IX single gun
1 × 2-pounder Mk.VIII single "pom-pom"
4 × Mk.II depth charge throwers
2 depth charge rails with 60 depth charges

Other Corvettes

Commanders

A/LCdr Robert William Draney, RCNR - 01 Apr 1942 - 17 May 1943
Lt Richard Wallace Hart, RCNVR - 18 May 1943 - 11 Apr 1944
Lt Robert Berkeley Taylor, RCNVR - 12 Apr 1944 - 17 Feb 1945
Lt David Ewart Howard, RCNVR - 18 Feb 1945 - 17 Jul 1945

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 Dundas K229 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_PRINCE_DAVID_F89.htm.
https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories/dundas.html
http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_DUNDAS_K229.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Dundas

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

Source: NA

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