HMCS Matane

For other ships with the same name, see HMCS Stormont.

HMCS Matane
History
Canada
NameMatane
NamesakeMatane, Quebec
OperatorRoyal Canadian Navy
OrderedOctober 1941
BuilderCanadian Vickers, Montreal
Laid down23 December 1942
Launched29 May 1943
Commissioned22 October 1943
Decommissioned11 February 1946
IdentificationPennant number: K 444
Honours and
awards		Atlantic 1944, Normandy 1944, Arctic 1945[1]
FateSold for scrapping 1947
General characteristics
Class and typeRiver-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,445 long tons (1,468 t; 1,618 short tons)
  • 2,110 long tons (2,140 t; 2,360 short tons) (deep load)
Length
  • 283 ft (86.26 m) p/p
  • 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a
Beam36.5 ft (11.13 m)
Draught9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load)
Propulsion2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed
  • 20 knots (37.0 km/h)
  • 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) (turbine ships)
Range646 long tons (656 t; 724 short tons) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h)
Complement157
Armament

HMCS Matane 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 was named for Matane, Quebec.

Matane was originally ordered as Stormont[2] in October 1941 as part of the 1942–1943 River-class building program.[3][4] She was laid down on 23 December 1942 by Canadian Vickers Ltd. at Montreal, Quebec and launched 29 May 1943.[4] Her name was changed to Matane in 1942.[2] She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 22 October 1943 at Montreal.[3]

  1. ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b Colledge, J.J. (2010). Ben Warlow (ed.). Ships of the Royal Navy - The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy. Havertown, PA: Casemate. ISBN 978-1-935149-07-1.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ a b Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMCS Matane (K 444)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 14 May 2014.