HMCS PORT ARTHUR K233

Class……………………………Flower class Corvette

Builder………………………..Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur, Ontario

Yard number……………….

Laid down..………………….28 Apr 1941

Launched….…………………18 Sept 1941 (as PORT ARTHUR)

Completed.………………….26 May 1942

Propulsion.…………………..1 shaft driven by a 4-cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine . Steam supplied by 2 Admiralty 3-drum Oil Fired Boilers

Speed..…………………………16 knots

Range…………………………..3500 nm at 12 knots

Armament

•one 4-inch (102-mm) gun

•one 2-pound (0.9 kg) gun

•two 20-mm guns (2 x I)

•four Depth Charge Throwers and depth charges.

 

History

•Apr 1941: Laid down as FREDERICTON

•26 May 1942: Commissioned at Montreal, Quebec.

•10 Jun 1942: Arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia.

•July 1942: Allocated to Western Local Escort Force.

•Sept 1942: Appointed to Operation TORCH duties.

•1 Nov 1942: Arrived at Londonderry, Northern Ireland having travelled as part of escort for Convoy SC.105.

•Spent the next four months escorting United Kingdom-Mediterranean convoys.

•19 Jan 1943, while so employed, HMCS Port Arthur sank the Italian submarine Tritone off Bougie, Algeria.

•23 Mar 1943: Returned to Halifax and after brief repairs joined Western Support Force at St. John’s, Newfoundland.

•Aug 1943: Began a major refit at Liverpool, Nova Scotia which lasted until 31 Dec 1943. After working up at Halifax, she joined Escort Group W-9, Western Escort Force.

•April 1944: Assigned to Western Approaches Command for invasion duties and left St. John’s on 24 April for Londonderry.

•During the summer, HMCS Port Arthur supported the invasion of Europe as a convoy escort, and joined Portsmouth Command in September.

•Feb 1945: Returned to Canada and was still under refit at Liverpool on Victory in Europe-Day.

•11 Jul 1945: She was paid off at Sorel, Quebec.

•23 Oct 1945: Sold to International Iron and Steel for breaking up.

 

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