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 NEW WESTMINSTER
Builder: Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd. Victoria
Construction Started: 4 February 1941
Launched: 14 May 1941
Commissioned :31 January 1942
Pennant #: K228
Atlantic 1942–45
Decommissioned :21 June 1945
Sold for mercantile conversion
Other ShipsHMCS NEW WESTMINSTER
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: single shaft 2 × water tube boilers 1 × double acting triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed: 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)
Compliment: 5 officers, 61 enlisted
Armarments:
1 × BL 4 in (102 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
- 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 New Westminster - http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_NEW_WESTMINSTER_K228.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_NEW_WESTMINSTER_K228.htm
- https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories/new-westminster.html
- http://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist5.php?id=21970
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_New_Westminster
Cite Article : Reference: www.navyhistory/sections/Ships/Minesweepers/HMCS_Courtenay.html
Source: NA
