Ship Details
Beacon Hill (H.M.C.S.) Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo

 

Registry #1	K.407 (RCN)	Registry #2	FFE.303 (RCN)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1944	Beacon Hill (H.M.C.S.)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1944	Place	Esquimalt	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	301.5' x 36.6' x 9'
Builder	Yarrows Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement	1445
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Frigate
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	5500ihp T/S steam reciprocating engine	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	In 1954 she was converted at Yarrows Ltd. Canadian Naval Frigate (1942-3 Programme).(Conversion of WWII Frigate Into Prestonian-class Escort Vessel). 1570 Dp.	Call Sign
Pendant  #	FFE.303/K.407	Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1944-1967 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
Cn555. In 1944 this vessel was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy as a River Class Frigate. In 1957 this vessel was owned by Royal Canadian Navy. In 1967 this vessel was decommissioned.

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa; Freeman, David J. (2000)
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