NAVY HISTORY - Ships - Frigate

HMCS PRINCE RUPERT

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 PRINCE RUPERT

Builder: Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt

Construction Started: 1 August 1942

Launched: 3 February 1943

Commissioned :30 August 1943

Pennant # : K324

Atlantic 1944

Decommissioned :15 January 1946

sold, hull expended as breakwater 1948

Other Ships

River-Class Frigate

Specifications

HMCS PRINCE RUPERT

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:5500ihp T/S Steam reciprocating engine

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

Other Frigates

Commanders

LCdr Robert William Draney, DSC, RCNR - 30 Aug 1943 - 31 Jul 1944 A/Cdr C.A. King, RCNR - 01 Aug 1944 - 23 Oct 1944
LCdr Robert William Draney, DSC, RCNR - 24 Oct 1944 - 27 Aug 1945 LCdr John Crispo Leckie Annesley, RCN - 24 Sep 1945 - 15 Jan 1946

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 - 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/prince-rupert.html
http://www.forposterityssake.ca/Navy/HMCS_PRINCE_RUPERT_K324.htm
https://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist5.php?id=21417
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Prince_Rupert_(K324)

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

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