HMCS West York
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HMCS West York was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Canadian Navy which took part in convoy escort duties during the Second World War. Named after Weston, Ontario, she was built by Midland Shipyards Ltd. in Midland, Ontario and commissioned on 6 October 1944 at Collingwood.
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Name | West York |
Namesake | Weston, Ontario |
Ordered | June 1942 |
Builder | Midland Shipyards. Ltd., Midland |
Laid down | 23 July 1943 |
Launched | 25 January 1944 |
Commissioned | 6 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 9 July 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number: K369 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1945[1] |
Fate | Sold for mercantile conversion; sunk in collision 1960 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Modified Flower-class corvette |
Displacement | 1,015 long tons (1,031 t; 1,137 short tons) |
Length | 208 ft (63.4 m)o/a |
Beam | 33 ft (10.1 m) |
Draught | 11 ft (3.35 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 | 90 |
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