HMCS Calgary (K231)

HMCS Calgary
History
Canada
Name	Calgary
Namesake	Calgary, Alberta
Ordered	20 February 1941
Builder	Marine Industries. Ltd., Sorel
Laid down	22 March 1941
Launched	23 August 1941
Commissioned	16 December 1941
Decommissioned	19 June 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K231
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1942-1945, Biscay 1943, Normandy 1944, English Channel 1944-1945, North Sea 1945[1]
Fate	Sold 30 August 1946. Scrapped 1951 at Hamilton.
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette (Revised)
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion	1940-1941 program single shaft 2 × water tube boilers 1 × double acting 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	85
Sensors and processing systems	1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX gun 2 × .50 cal machine gun (twin) 2 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun (twin) 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges

HMCS Calgary was a Royal Canadian Navy revised Flower-class corvette which took part in convoy escort duties during the Second World War. She fought primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for Calgary, Alberta.