 HMCS Capilano
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| History | |
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 Canada | |
| Name | Capilano |
| Namesake | Capilano Lake, North Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Ordered | 1 February 1943 |
| Builder | Yarrows, Esquimalt |
| Yard number | 95 |
| Laid down | 18 November 1943 |
| Launched | 8 April 1944 |
| Commissioned | 25 August 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 24 November 1945 |
| Identification | Pennant number:K409 |
| Honours and awards | Atlantic, 1944-45.[1] |
| Fate | Foundered 1953 off coast of Cuba. |
| 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 Capilano was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She is named for the Capilino River in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The navy intended to name the ship after North Vancouver; however, due to possible confusion with HMCS Vancouver, she was named after the lake.[2]
Capilano was ordered on 1 February 1943 as part of the 1943–44 River-class building program.[2][3] She was laid down on 18 November 1943 by Yarrows Ltd. at Esquimalt and launched on 8 April 1944.[3] Capilano was commissioned into the RCN on 25 August 1944 at Victoria, British Columbia.[2][3]
- ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ 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 0-00216-856-1.
- ^ a b c "HMCS Capilano (K 409)". uboat.net. Retrieved 27 March 2014.