HMCS Edmundston

HMCS Edmundston
History
Canada
Name	Edmundston
Namesake	Edmundston, New Brunswick
Ordered	14 February 1940
Builder	Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt
Laid down	23 August 1940
Launched	22 February 1941
Commissioned	21 October 1941
Out of service	16 June 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K106
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1942–45, Biscay 1943-44[1]
Fate	Sold for mercantile use. Scrapped 1961
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette (original)[2]
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Installed power	2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Propulsion	Single shaft 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers 1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	85
Sensors and processing systems	1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament	1 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk.IX single gun 2 × twin .50 cal machine guns 2 × twin Lewis .303 cal machine guns 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges Originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed

HMCS Edmundston was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as a convoy escort. She was named for Edmundston, New Brunswick.