HMCS Buctouche
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HMCS Buctouche was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as a convoy escort. She was named for Bouctouche, New Brunswick.
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HMCS Buctouche, circa 1944-1945 | |
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Name | Buctouche |
Namesake | Bouctouche, New Brunswick |
Ordered | 22 January 1940 |
Builder | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon |
Laid down | 14 August 1940 |
Launched | 20 November 1940 |
Commissioned | 5 June 1941 |
Out of service | paid off 15 June 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number: K179 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1941-45[1] |
Fate | Sold on 23 Oct 1945. Scrapped in 1949 at Hamilton. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette (original) |
Displacement | 925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons) |
Length | 205 ft (62.48 m)o/a |
Beam | 33 ft (10.06 m) |
Draught | 11.5 ft (3.51 m) |
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Speed | 16 knots (29.6 km/h) |
Range | 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
Complement | 85 |
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