Ship Details

Timmins (H.M.C.S.)

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Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo

 
 
Registry #1 K.223 (RCN) Registry #2 (Honduras Registry) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1941 Timmins (H.M.C.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1948 Guayaquil 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 (1940-41 Short-Forecastle 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 was extended at Liverpool NS in 1944. Call Sign
Pendant  # K.223 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1941-1945 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1948 she entered service as the Honduran vessel Guayaquil.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1960-08-03
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was launched on 26/06/1941. This vessel carried 230 tons of fuel and could reach 16 knots. Her endurance was 3450nm at 12 knots. this vessel foundered at Guayaquil Ecuador on 03/08/1960.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON;
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