HMCS Magog
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HMCS Magog was a River-class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the Second World War. She was used primarily as a convoy escort. On 14 October 1944, she was torpedoed by U-1223. She survived the attack, was towed to port and declared a constructive total loss. Magog was named for the town of Magog, Quebec.
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Magog after being torpedoed, October 1944 | |
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Canada | |
Name | Magog |
Namesake | Magog, Quebec |
Operator | Royal Canadian Navy |
Ordered | October 1941 |
Builder | Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal |
Yard number | 171 |
Laid down | 16 June 1943 |
Launched | 22 September 1943 |
Commissioned | 7 May 1944 |
Decommissioned | 20 December 1944 |
Identification | Pennant number: K 673 |
Honours and awards | Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1944[1] |
Fate | Torpedoed on 14 October 1944. Towed to Quebec City and declared a total loss. |
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)[citation needed] |
Complement | 157 |
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Magog was ordered in October 1941 as part of the 1942-1942 River-class building program.[2][3] She was laid down on 16 June 1943 by Canadian Vickers Ltd. at Montreal and launched on 22 September 1943.[3] Magog was commissioned into the RCN at Quebec City on 7 May 1944 with the pennant number K673.[2]