HMCS Owen Sound

HMCS Owen Sound
History
Canada
NameHMCS Owen Sound
NamesakeOwen Sound, Ontario
Ordered2 January 1942
BuilderCollingwood Shipyards Ltd., Collingwood
Laid down11 November 1942
Launched15 June 1943
Commissioned17 November 1943
Decommissioned19 July 1945
IdentificationPennant number: K340
Honours and
awards
Atlantic 1944–45[1]
FateSold for mercantile use 1946, scrapped 1974
General characteristics
Class and typeFlower-class corvette (modified)
Displacement1,015 long tons (1,031 t; 1,137 short tons)
Length208 ft (63.40 m)o/a
Beam33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught11 ft (3.35 m)
Propulsion
  • single shaft
  • 2 × oil fired water tube boilers
  • 1 triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
  • 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range7,400 nautical miles (13,705 km) at 10 knots (18.5 km/h)
Complement90
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 Type 271 SW2C radar
  • 1 Type 144 sonar
Armament

HMCS Owen Sound was a modified Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She fought primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as a convoy escort. She was named for Owen Sound, Ontario.

  1. ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 22 September 2013.