Ship Details |
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Humberstone (H.M.C.S.)Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo |
Registry #1 | K.497 (RCN) | Registry #2 | (China Registry) | Registry #3 | |
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1944 | Norham Castle (H.M.S.) | Name 6 | 1954 | South Ocean |
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Name 2 | 1944 | Humberstone (H.M.C.S.) | Name 7 | ||
Name 3 | 1946 | Taiwei | Name 8 | ||
Name 4 | (nk) | Chang Chen | Name 9 | ||
Name 5 | (nk) | San Blas | Name 10 |
Year Built | 1944 | Place | Glasgow | Area | Scotland | Country | UK |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 251.6' x 26.6' x 10' |
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Builder | A. & J. Inglis Ltd. | Measurement (metric) | ?m x ?m x ?m |
Hull | Steel | Displacement | 1010 |
Gross Tonnage | Type 1 | Corvette, (Castle Class ex-RN) | |
Registered Tonnage | Type 2 | ||
Engine | 2750hp four-cylinder TE engine water-tube boiler. | Engine Manufacture | (nk) |
Repower | Propulsion | Screw | |
Rebuilds | Call Sign | ||
Pendant # | K.497 | Masters |
Owner(s) |
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In 1944 she was owned by the Royal Navy. She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy as H.M.C.S. Humberstone and commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 06/09/1944 to 17/11/1945. She was sold in 1946 into the Chinese register. |
Fate | Registry closed | Date | 1959-00-00 |
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Named Features | |
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Significance of Name |
Anecdotes |
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This vessel was launched on 12/04/1944. this vessel was capabale 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 was broken up at Hong Kong in 1959. |
References |
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Macpherson, Ken and Marc Milner (1993); Macpherson, Ken and John Burgess (1981); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000) |
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