Ship Details

Forest Hill (H.M.C.S.)

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Registry #1 K.486 (RCN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1943 Ceanothus (H.M.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1943 Forest Hill (H.M.C.S.) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1943 Place Port Glasgow Area Scotland Country UK
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 208.5' x 33' x 13.2'
Builder Ferguson Brothers Ltd., Port Glasgow UK Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement 970
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Corvette (Flower Class 1942-43 British-built Increased Endurance Program)
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 4-cylinder 2750hp triple-expansion engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # K.486 Masters
 
Owner(s)
She was launched as H.M.S. Ceanothus on 30/08/1943. She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy as H.M.C.S. Forest Hill 01/12/1943 to 09/07/1945.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1948-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel had two water-tube marine boilers. This vessel carried 338 tons of fuel. This vessel was capable of 16 knots and an endurance of 7,400nm at 10 knots. This vessel had a complement of 7 officers and 90 other ranks. This vessel was broken up at Hamilton ON in 1948.
 
References
Macpherson, Ken and Marc Milner (1993); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); J.J. Colledge and Ben Warlow (2010);
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