Ship Details

Chilliwack (H.M.C.S.)

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Registry #1 K.131 (RCN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1941 Chilliwack (H.M.C.S.) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1941 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 205' x 33' x 13.5'
Builder Burrard Drydock Co. 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 Screw
Rebuilds She was modernized and her forecastle extended at Halifax NS in 1943. Call Sign
Pendant  # K.131 Masters
 
Owner(s)
She was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1946-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1941 this vessel was in Royal Canadian Navy service and launched on 14/09/1940. This vessel assisted in the sinking of U-356 on 27/12/1942 and the U-744 on 06/03/1944. This vessel carried a complement of 7 officers and 85-90 other ranks. This vessel carried 230 tons of fuel and could reach 16 knots. Her endurance was 3450nm at 12 knots. This vessel was broken up at Hamilton ON in 1946.
 
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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