 HMCS Barrie
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| History | |
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 Canada | |
| Name | Barrie |
| Namesake | Barrie, Ontario |
| Ordered | 1 February 1940 |
| Builder | Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Collingwood |
| Laid down | 4 April 1940 |
| Launched | 23 November 1940 |
| Commissioned | 12 May 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 26 June 1945 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K138 |
| Honours and awards | Atlantic 1941–45, English Channel 1942 |
| Fate | Sold for mercantile use 1947; purchased by Argentine Navy 1957 |
 Argentina | |
| Name | ARA Capitán Cánepa |
| Acquired | taken over from mercantile interests |
| Commissioned | 1957 |
| Out of service | 1972 |
| Fate | Broken up 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Flower-class corvette (original) |
| Displacement | 950 long tons (970 t) |
| Length | 205 ft 1 in (62.51 m) o/a |
| Beam | 33 ft 1 in (10.08 m) |
| Draught | 13 ft 5 in (4.09 m) |
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| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range | 3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 47 |
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HMCS Barrie was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. The ship was constructed by Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. at Collingwood, Ontario, laid down on 4 April 1940. The ship was launched on 23 November 1940 and commissioned on 12 May 1941. The corvette was named for the city of Barrie, Ontario. Barrie served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as a convoy escort. Following the war, Barrie was sold to Argentinian commercial interests which converted the corvette to a cargo ship and renamed the vessel Gasestado. In 1957, Gasestado was acquired by the Argentinian Navy and converted to a survey ship and renamed ARA Capitán Cánepa. The Argentinian Navy discarded the ship in 1972.