HMCS Longueuil
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HMCS Longueuil was a River-class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for Longueuil, Quebec.
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HMCS Longueuil | |
History | |
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Canada | |
Name | Longueuil |
Namesake | Longueuil, Quebec |
Operator | Royal Canadian Navy |
Ordered | October 1941 |
Builder | Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal |
Yard number | 172 |
Laid down | 17 July 1943 |
Launched | 30 October 1943 |
Commissioned | 18 May 1944 |
Decommissioned | 31 December 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number: K672 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1944-45[1] |
Fate | Scuttled for an artificial breakwater at Kelsey Bay. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | River-class frigate |
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Length | |
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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Longueuil was ordered in October 1941 as part of the 1942-1943 River-class building program.[2][3] She was laid down on 17 July 1943 by Canadian Vickers Ltd. at Montreal and launched on 30 October 1943.[3] Longueuil was commissioned into the RCN at Quebec City on 18 May 1944 with the pennant K672.[2]