HMCS Kitchener (K225)

HMCS Kitchener in heavy seas
History
Canada
Name	Kitchener
Namesake	Kitchener, Ontario
Builder	Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon
Laid down	28 February 1941
Launched	18 November 1941
Commissioned	28 June 1942
Decommissioned	11 July 1945
Renamed	from HMCS Vancouver before launch.
Refit	Completed 28 January 1944, Liverpool, Nova Scotia.
Identification	Pennant number: K225
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1942-43, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942, English Channel 1944-45, Normandy 1944[1]
Fate	Scrapped in 1949, Hamilton, Ontario
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 Kitchener 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 Kitchener, Ontario. The vessel was originally named HMCS Vancouver but was renamed in November 1941 before the ship was launched.^[2]