HMCS Brandon (K149)

For other ships with the same name, see HMCS Brandon.

HMCS Brandon
History
Canada
NameBrandon
NamesakeBrandon, Manitoba
Ordered22 January 1940
BuilderDavie Shipbuilding, Lauzon
Laid down10 October 1940
Launched29 April 1941
Commissioned22 July 1941
Decommissioned22 June 1945
IdentificationPennant number: K149
Honours and
awards		Atlantic 1941–45[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944[2]
FateScrapped 1945
General characteristics
Class and typeFlower-class corvette (original)[3]
Displacement925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion
  • single shaft
  • 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers
  • 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
  • 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement85
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × SW1C or 2C radar
  • 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament

HMCS Brandon was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She saw service primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as an ocean escort. She was named for Brandon, Manitoba.

  1. ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Royal Canadian Warships – The Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence – Second World War". Veterans Affairs Canada. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  3. ^ Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J (1968). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. Doubleday & Company. pp. 201, 212.