Ship Details |
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Grou (H.M.C.S.)Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo |
Registry #1 | K.518 (RCN) | Registry #2 | Registry #3 | ||
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1943 | Grou (H.M.C.S.) | Name 6 | ||
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Name 2 | Name 7 | ||||
Name 3 | Name 8 | ||||
Name 4 | Name 9 | ||||
Name 5 | Name 10 |
Year Built | 1943 | Place | Montreal | Area | QC | Country | Canada |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 283' x 36.5' x 9' |
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Builder | Canadian Vickers Ltd. | Measurement (metric) | 88.26m x 11.13m x 2.74m |
Hull | Steel | Displacement | |
Gross Tonnage | 1445 | Type 1 | Frigate (1942/3 Programme) |
Registered Tonnage | Type 2 | ||
Engine | 2- 5500ihp Reciprocating vertical triple expansion | Engine Manufacture | (nk) |
Repower | Propulsion | Twin Screw | |
Rebuilds | Call Sign | ||
Pendant # | K.518 | Masters |
Owner(s) |
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In 1943-1946 she was in Royal Canadian Navy service. |
Fate | Registry closed | Date | 0000-00-00 |
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Named Features | |
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Significance of Name | Named for Jean Grou, a Roman Catholic martyr from Pointe-aux-Trembles, QC. |
Anecdotes |
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At the end of the Second World War this vessel was laid up in the ship boneyard at Bedwell Bay, Indian Arm BC and then at Esquimalt BC. this vessel was sold in 1948 to Capital Iron & Metals Ltd. at Victoria, British Columbia and broken up 1948–1949. |
References |
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Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Grou; |
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