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 ORKNEY
Builder: Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt, British Columbia
Construction Started: 19 May 1943
Launched: 18 September 1943
Commissioned :18 April 1944
Pennant # : K448
Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944, North Sea 1945
Decommissioned :22 January 1946
sold, became Israeli immigrant ship Violetta 1947
Other ShipsHMCS ORKNEY
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 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed: 20 knots (37.0 km/h) 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) (turbine ships)
Compliment: 157
Armarments:
2 × QF 4 in (102 mm) /45 Mk. XVI on twin mount HA/LA Mk.XIX
1 × QF 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) 12 cwt /40 Mk. V on mounting HA/LA Mk.IX (not all ships)
8 × 20 mm QF Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V
1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S 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 - http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_ORKNEY_K448.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.
- https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories/orkney.html
- http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_ORKNEY_K448.htm
- http://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=Orkney%20%28H.M.C.S.%29&id=22896
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Orkney_(K448)
Cite Article : Reference: www.navyhistory/sections/Ships/Minesweepers/HMCS_Courtenay.html
Source: NA
