Ship Details

Cape Breton (H.M.C.S.) (I)

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Registry #1 K.350 (RCN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1942 Cape Breton (H.M.C.S.) (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1942 Place Quebec Area QC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 301.25' x 36.5' x 9.0'
Builder Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Frigate (1942/3 Programme)
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 5,500 ihp vertical triple expansion steam engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # K.350 Masters LCDR A.M. McLarnon RCNR (1943-1944); A/LCDR J.C.L. Annesley RCN (1944-1945);
 
Owner(s)
In 1943 she commissioned at Quebec City into the Royal Canadian Navy. She was transferred to Halifax In November for workups. In 1944 she was employed in Atlantic convoy service based in Londonderry. In 1944 she sailed to North Russia.She was present for the D-Day operations. She returned to Canada late in 1944 and arrived at Shelburne NS for a major refit. In 1945 she was sent to Bermuda for workups and then on to Atlantic convoys again. She was transferred to Vancouver for "tropicalization" but this was cancelled before work began and she was put in reserve in Esquimalt. The ship was paid off in January 1946. In 1947 she was sold. In 1948 she was hulked at Kelsey Bay BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000)
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