NAVY HISTORY - Ships - Corvette
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 TIMMINS
Builder: Yarrow Shipbuilders, Esquimalt, British Columbia
Construction Started: 14 December 1940
Launched: 26 June 1941
Commissioned: 10 February 1942
Pennant #: K223
Atlantic 1942–45
Decommissioned: Sold in 1948 as mercantile ship named Guayaquil.
Lost on 3 August 1960
Other ShipsHMCS TIMMINS
Displacement: 950 long tons (970 t; 1,060 short tons)
Length: 205 ft 1 in (62.51 m)o/a
Beam: 33 ft 1 in (10.08 m)
Draught: 13 ft 5 in (4.09 m)
Propulsion: 2750ihp 4-cylinder Triple expansion engine with 2 Scotch marine boilers
Speed: 16 kn (30 km/h)
Compliment: 85 (6 officers)
Armarments:
1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX single gun
1 × 2-pounder (pom-pom)
2 × 0.5 (50 cal) machine guns
4 × 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
PHOTO CREDIT - HMCS Timmins - http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_TIMMINS_K223.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_TIMMINS_K223.htm
- https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories/timmins.html
- https://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=Timmins%20%28H.M.C.S.%29&id=15708
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Timmins
Cite Article : Reference: www.navyhistory/sections/Ships/Minesweepers/HMCS_Courtenay.html
Source: NA
