 HMCS Sackville in October 2006, moored behind the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and restored to her 1944 condition.
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| History | |
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 Canada | |
| Name | Sackville |
| Namesake | Sackville, New Brunswick |
| Builder | Saint John Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company Ltd. |
| Laid down | 28 May 1940 |
| Launched | 15 May 1941 |
| Commissioned | 30 December 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 8 April 1946 |
| Refit | Thompson Bros. Machinery Co. Ltd., Liverpool, Nova Scotia, commenced 14 January 1943, machinery replacement, minesweeping gear removed, bridge wings extended to fit Oerlikon 20 mm AA Galveston, Texas, 28 February 1944 – 7 May 1944, forecastle extended, new bridge, hedgehog fitted, mast moved abaft of bridge, new boats, new electronics |
| Identification | Pennant number: K181 |
| Honours and awards | Atlantic 1942-44 |
| Status | Museum ship, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
| Displacement | 950 tons |
| Length | 62.5 m (205 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | Single shaft, 2 fire tube Scotch boilers, 1 4-cyl. triple expansion steam engine, 2,750 hp (2,050 kW) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 85 |
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| Notes | Now a museum ship owned by the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust, moored in season at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic |
| Official name | HMCS Sackville National Historic Site of Canada |
| Designated | 1988 |
HMCS Sackville is a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later served as a civilian research vessel. She is now a museum ship located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the last surviving Flower-class corvette.