 HMCS Prestonian at launch
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| History | |
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 Canada | |
| Name | Prestonian |
| Namesake | Preston, Ontario |
| Ordered | 1 February 1943 |
| Builder | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon |
| Laid down | 20 July 1943 |
| Launched | 22 June 1944 |
| Commissioned | 13 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 9 November 1945 |
| Identification | pennant number: K 662 |
| Recommissioned | 22 August 1953 |
| Decommissioned | 24 April 1956 |
| Reclassified | Prestonian-class frigate 1953 |
| Identification | pennant number: FFE 307 |
| Fate | Loaned to Norway 1956, sold outright 1959. |
| Badge | Gules, four tridents, argent, one pointing to the chief, one to the base, one to the dexter and one to the sinister and over all a roundel barry wavy argent two dexter hands conjoined proper[1] |
 Norway | |
| Name | Troll |
| Namesake | The Norse mythological creature Troll |
| Acquired | loaned 24 April 1956; purchased 1959 |
| Commissioned | 1956 |
| Decommissioned | 1972 |
| Renamed | Horten (1965) |
| Reclassified | submarine depot ship (1965) |
| Identification | F314 as Troll |
| Fate | Sold 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | River-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 36.5 ft (11.13 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load) |
| Propulsion | 2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
| Speed |
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| Range | 646 long tons (656 t; 724 short tons) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h) |
| Complement | 157 |
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HMCS Prestonian was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and as a Prestonian-class frigate from 1953–1956. She saw action primarily as a convoy escort. She was named for Preston, Ontario, however due to possible confusion with HMS Preston, her name was altered.[2] In 1956 she began service with the Royal Norwegian Navy as Troll.
Prestonian was ordered on 1 February 1943 as part of the 1943–1944 River-class building program.[2][3] She was laid down as Beauharnois[4] on 20 July 1943 by Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd. at Lauzon, Quebec and launched 22 June 1944.[3] Her name was changed to Prestonian and she was commissioned on 13 September 1944 at Quebec City.[2]
- ^ Arbuckle, p. 93
- ^ a b c Macpherson, Ken; Burgess, John (1981). The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910–1981 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships. Toronto: Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-216856-4.
- ^ a b "HMCS Prestonian (K 662)". uboat.net. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ^ Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J. (1968). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. New York: Doubleday and Company Inc. p. 230.