HMCS Fort Erie
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HMCS Fort Erie was a River-class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and as a Prestonian-class frigate from 1956-1965. She was named for Fort Erie, Ontario.
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Name | Fort Erie |
Namesake | Fort Erie, Ontario |
Ordered | June 1942 |
Builder | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon |
Laid down | 3 November 1943 |
Launched | 27 May 1944 |
Commissioned | 27 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 22 November 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number: K670 |
Recommissioned | 17 April 1956 |
Decommissioned | 26 March 1965 |
Reclassified | Prestonian-class frigate |
Identification | pennant number: FFE 312 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, broken up La Spezia, Italy 1966 |
Notes | Colours:Red and Black[1] |
Badge | Argent, out of a mural crown sable, a demi cat rampant guardant gules armed azure, collared and chained or, holding erect a trident azure, the base end resting on the mural crown.[1] |
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Class and type | River-class frigate |
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Beam | 36.5 ft (11.13 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load) |
Propulsion | 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
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Range | 646 long tons (656 t; 724 short tons) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h) |
Complement | 157 |
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Fort Erie was ordered in June 1942 as part of the 1943-1944 building program.[2][3] She was laid down as La Tuque on 3 November 1943 by G T Davie Shipbuilding Ltd. at Lauzon and launched 27 May 1944.[3][4] Her name was changed and she was commissioned as Fort Erie at Quebec City on 27 October 1944 with the pennant K670.[2]