HMCS Kamsack

	HMCS Kamsack
History
Canada
Name	Kamsack
Namesake	Kamsack, Saskatchewan
Ordered	1 February 1940
Builder	Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Port Arthur
Laid down	20 November 1940
Launched	5 May 1941
Commissioned	4 October 1941
Decommissioned	22 July 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K171
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1942–44
Fate	Sold to Venezuelan navy
Venezuela
Name	Carabobo
Acquired	purchased from Royal Canadian Navy
Commissioned	1945
Out of service	December 1945
Fate	Wrecked December 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	950 long tons (970 t; 1,060 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion	Single shaft;; 2 water tube boilers;; 1 4-cyl. triple expansion steam engine, 2,750 hp (2,050 kW);
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	6 officers, 79 men
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar – SW1C or 2C (later); Sonar – Type 123A, later Type 127DV;
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX single gun; 2 × .50 cal machine gun twin; 2 × Lewis .303 cal mg twin; 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers; 2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges.; Originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed.;

HMCS Kamsack was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as an ocean escort. She was named for Kamsack, Saskatchewan.

^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
^ Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J (1968). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. Doubleday & Company. pp. 201, 212.

History
HMCS Kamsack
Canada
Name	Kamsack
Namesake	Kamsack, Saskatchewan
Ordered	1 February 1940
Builder	Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Port Arthur
Laid down	20 November 1940
Launched	5 May 1941
Commissioned	4 October 1941
Decommissioned	22 July 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K171
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1942–44^[1]
Fate	Sold to Venezuelan navy
Venezuela
Name	Carabobo
Acquired	purchased from Royal Canadian Navy
Commissioned	1945
Out of service	December 1945
Fate	Wrecked December 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette^[2]
Displacement	950 long tons (970 t; 1,060 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion	Single shaft; 2 water tube boilers; 1 4-cyl. triple expansion steam engine, 2,750 hp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	6 officers, 79 men
Sensors and processing systems	Radar – SW1C or 2C (later) Sonar – Type 123A, later Type 127DV
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX single gun 2 × .50 cal machine gun twin 2 × Lewis .303 cal mg twin 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges. Originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed.