HMCS Ontario (C53)

For other ships with the same name, see HMCS Ontario and HMS Minotaur.

HMCS Ontario in 1951
History
United Kingdom
NameMinotaur
BuilderHarland & Wolff, Belfast
Yard number1171
Laid down20 November 1941
Launched29 July 1943
FateTransferred to Royal Canadian Navy in July 1944
Canada
NameOntario
AcquiredJuly 1944
Commissioned25 May 1945
Decommissioned15 October 1958
Motto"Ut incepit fidelis sic permanent" (Loyal she has been and remains so)[1]
FateScrapped, arriving at Osaka for breaking up on 19 November 1960
General characteristics
Class and typeMinotaur-class light cruiser
Displacement
  • 8,800 tons standard
  • 11,130 tons full
Length555.5 ft (169.3 m)
Beam63 ft (19 m)
Draught17.25 ft (5.26 m)
Propulsion
  • Four Admiralty-type three drum boilers
  • Four shaft Parsons steam turbines
  • 72,500 shp (54,100 kW)
Speed31.5 knots (58.3 km/h)
Range
  • 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) at 30 knots (60 km/h)
  • 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h); 1,850 tons fuel oil
Complement867
Armament
Armour
  • 3.25–3.5-inch (83–89 mm) belt
  • 2-inch (51 mm) deck
  • 1–2-inch (25–51 mm) turrets
  • 1.5–2-inch (38–51 mm) bulkheads

HMCS Ontario was a Minotaur-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy as HMS Minotaur (53), but transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on completion and renamed Ontario.[2]

HMS Minotaur was laid down on 20 November 1941 by Harland & Wolff of Belfast and launched on 29 July 1943.[2] She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in July 1944, and completed and commissioned as Ontario on 25 May 1945 at Belfast.[2][3]

  1. ^ Arbuckle, p. 80
  2. ^ a b c "HMS Minotaur (53)". uboat.net. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. ^ 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.