HMCS Coaticook

HMCS Coaticook
History
Canada
NameCoaticook
NamesakeCoaticook, Quebec
OperatorRoyal Canadian Navy
Ordered1 February 1943
BuilderDavie Shipbuilding, Lauzon
Yard number553
Laid down14 June 1943
Launched26 November 1943
Commissioned25 July 1944
Decommissioned29 November 1945
IdentificationPennant number:K 410
Honours and
awards		Atlantic 1944–1945,[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944[2]
FateSold 1948, sank as breakwater; raised 1961 and scuttled 1962 at Race Rocks off Vancouver Island.
General characteristics
Class and typeRiver-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,445 long tons (1,468 t; 1,618 short tons)
  • 2,110 long tons (2,140 t; 2,360 short tons) (deep load)
Length
  • 283 ft (86.26 m) p/p
  • 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a
Beam36.5 ft (11.13 m)
Draught9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)
Propulsion2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed
  • 20 knots (37.0 km/h)
  • 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) (turbine ships)
Range646 long tons (656 t; 724 short tons) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h)
Complement157
Armament

HMCS Coaticook was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She fought primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as a coastal convoy escort. She was named for Coaticook, Quebec.

Coaticook was ordered on 1 February 1943 as part of the 1943–1944 River class building programme.[3][4] She was laid down on 14 June 1943 by Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. at Lauzon, Quebec and launched 26 November 1943.[4] She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 25 July 1944 at Quebec City.[3]

  1. ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Royal Canadian Warships that Participated in the Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence". Veterans Affairs Canada. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b Macpherson, Ken; Burgess, John (1981). The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910–1981 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships. Toronto: Collins. ISBN 0-00216-856-1.
  4. ^ a b "HMCS Coaticook (K 410)". uboat.net. Retrieved 30 March 2014.