HMCS West York

West York's bow during a transfer with HMCS Fergus
History
Canada
Name	West York
Namesake	Weston, Ontario
Ordered	June 1942
Builder	Midland Shipyards. Ltd., Midland
Laid down	23 July 1943
Launched	25 January 1944
Commissioned	6 October 1944
Decommissioned	9 July 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K369
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1945[1]
Fate	Sold for mercantile conversion; sunk in collision 1960
General characteristics
Class and type	Modified Flower-class corvette
Displacement	1,015 long tons (1,031 t; 1,137 short tons)
Length	208 ft (63.4 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.35 m)
Propulsion	single shaft 2 × water tube boilers 1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	90
Sensors and processing systems	1 × Type 271 SW2C radar 1 × Type 144 sonar
Armament	1 × 4 in (102 mm) BL Mk.IX single gun 1 × 2-pounder. Mk.VIII single "pom-pom" AA gun 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon single 1 × Hedgehog A/S mortar 4 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 depth charge rails with 70 depth charges

HMCS West York was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Canadian Navy which took part in convoy escort duties during the Second World War. Named after Weston, Ontario, she was built by Midland Shipyards Ltd. in Midland, Ontario and commissioned on 6 October 1944 at Collingwood.