Ship Details
Guildford Castle (H.M.S.) Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	178070 (Canada)	Registry #2	K.489 (RCN)	Registry #3	(Liberian Registry)
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1943	Guildford Castle (H.M.S.)	Name 6	1965	Westar (I)
Name 2	1944	Hespeler (H.M.C.S.)	Name 7
Name 3	1946	Chilcotin (II)	Name 8
Name 4	1958	Capri	Name 9
Name 5	1958	Stella Maris (II)	Name 10

 

Year Built	1943	Place	Leith	Area	Scotland	Country	UK

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	251.6' x 26.6' x 10'
Builder	Henry Robb Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement	1010
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Corvette, Castle-class
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	2750hp four-cylinder TE engine water-tube boilersins of fuel.	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1946 she was converted at West Coast Shipbuilders, Vancouver BC.	Call Sign	CGNX
Pendant  #	K.489	Masters

 

Owner(s)
She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy as H.M.C.S. Hespeler and commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy 28/02/1944 to 15/11/1945. In 1946 she was owned by Union Steamships Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1958 she was sold to Sun Line, Monrovia Liberia. She was refitted for St. Lawrence cruises as the Stella Maris. In 1965 she was owned by Seattle owners.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1966-01-28

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

This vessel was launched on 13/11/1943. this vessel was capable of 16.5 knots with an endurance of 9500nm at 10 knots. This vessel had a complement of 8 officers and 112 other ranks. this vessel was acquired in 1944 as one of 12 vessel in exchange for twelve Canadian-built Algerine class minesweepers. This vessel assisted in the sinking of U-484 on 09/09/1944. this vessel was burned in the Mediterranean 28/01/1966 and broken up at La Spezia Italy.

 

References
Macpherson, Ken and Marc Milner (1993); Macpherson, Ken and John Burgess (1981); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000)
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