Ship Details

Amapala

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Registry #1 K.106 (RCN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1941 Edmundston (H.M.C.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1948 Amapala Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1941 Place Esquimalt Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 205' x 33' x 13.5'
Builder Yarrows Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement 950
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Corvette, Flower Class (1939-40 Canadian Building Programme)
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 2750ihp 4-cylinder Triple expansion engine with 2 Scotch marine boilers. Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds She was modernized and her forecastle was extended at Halifax NS in 1943. Call Sign
Pendant  # K.106 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1941-1945 she was in service for the Royal Canadian Navy.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1960-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1941 this vessel was in service for the Royal Canadian Navy and launched 22/02/1941. This vessel carried 230 tons of fuel and could reach 16 knots. Her endurance was 3450nm at 12 knots. This vessel carried a complement of 7 officers and 85-90 other ranks. This vessel was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1961-1962.
 
References
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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