NAVY HISTORY - Ships - Corvette

HMCS TRAIL

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 TRAIL

Builder: Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia

Construction Started: 20 July 1940

Launched: 16 October 1940

Commissioned: 30 April 1941

Pennant #: K174

Atlantic 1941–45, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942

Dcommissioned :paid off 17 July 1945

sold for scrapping.

Other Ships

Flower Class Corvette

Specifications

HMCS TRAIL

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

Length: 205 ft (62.48 m)

Beam: 33 ft (10.06 m)

Draught: 11.5 ft (3.51 m)

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

Speed: 16 knots (29.6 km/h)

Compliment: 6 officers, 79 enlisted

Armarments:
1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX single gun
2 .50 cal machine gun twin
2 Lewis .303 cal mg twin
2 Mk.II depth charge throwers
2 depth charge rails with 40 depth charges

Other Mine Sweepers

Commanders

Lt George Stanley Hall, RCNR - 30 Apr 1941 - 08 Oct 1943
Lt G.M. Hope, RCNVR - 09 Oct 1943 - 20 Aug 1944
Lt D.G.B. Hueston, RCNVR - 21 Aug 1944 - 09 Oct 1944
Lt Donald James Lawson, RCNVR - 10 Oct 1944 - 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 Trail - http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_TRAIL_K174.htm
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_TRAIL_K174.htm
https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories/trail.html
http://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=Trail%20%28H.M.C.S.%29&id=15909
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Trail

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

Source: NA

RCN

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