NAVY HISTORY - Ships - Frigate
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 BEACON HILL
Builder: Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt, British Columbia
Construction Started: 16 July 1943
Launched: 6 November 1943
Commissioned :16 May 1944
Pennant # :K407
Atlantic 1944-45, English Channel 1944-45
Decommissioned :6 February 1946
scrapped Sakai, Japan 1968
Other ShipsHMCS BEACON HILL
Displacement: 1,445 long tons (1,468 t; 1,618 short tons) 2,110 long tons (2,140 t; 2,360 short tons) (deep load)
Length:283 ft (86.26 m) p/p 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a
Beam: 36.5 ft (11.13 m)
Draught: 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)
Propulsion: 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed: 20 knots (37.0 km/h)
Compliment: 157
Armarments:
2 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk. XVI guns on twin mount HA/LA Mk.XIX
1 × QF 12-pounder (76 mm) 12 cwt Mk. V gun on mounting HA/LA Mk.IX (not all ships)
8 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A guns on twin mounts Mk.V
1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot Anti-submarine projector
up to 150 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
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PHOTO CREDIT - RCN Official Photo
- 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.
- https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories/beacon-hill.htmll
- http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_BEACON_HILL_K407_303.htm
- https://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist5.php?id=21417
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Beacon_Hill_(K407)
Cite Article : Reference: www.navyhistory/sections/Ships/Minesweepers/HMCS_Courtenay.html
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