Ship Details

Mahasena (RCeyN)

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Registry #1 K.448 (RCN) Registry #2 (Israel) Registry #3 (Royal Ceylon Navy)
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1944 Orkney (H.M.C.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1947 Violetta Name 7
Name 3 1952 Mivtakh (I.N.S.) Name 8
Name 4 1958 Mahasena (RCeyN) 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 (1942/3 Programme)
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 5500 Ihp T/S steam reciprocating engine (1944) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # K.448; K.28; Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1944 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1952 she was owned by the Israeli Navy. In 1958 she was owned by the Royal Ceylon Navy.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1964-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Named for Orkney, Saskatchewan
 
Anecdotes
As the Violetta this vessel was an Israeli immigrant ship. AS the Mivtakh this vessel was commissioned into the Israeli Navy. In 1964 this vessel was broken up at Hong Kong.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Orkney_(K448);
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