HMCS Moncton (K139)

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

HMCS Moncton, circa 1942
History
Canada
NameMoncton
NamesakeMoncton, New Brunswick
Ordered24 January 1940
BuilderSaint John Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Saint John
Laid down17 December 1940
Launched11 August 1941
Commissioned24 April 1942
Decommissionedpaid off 12 December 1945
IdentificationPennant number: K139
Motto
  • Resurgam
  • (Latin:"I shall rise again")
Honours and
awards		Atlantic, 1942-1943[1]
FateSold in 1955 to the Netherlands as mercantile Willem Vinke. Scrapped in 1966 at Santander.
General characteristics
Class and typeFlower-class corvette (original)[2]
Displacement925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion
  • single shaft
  • 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers
  • 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
  • 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement85
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × SW1C or 2C radar
  • 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament

HMCS Moncton was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served on both coasts of Canada. She is named after Moncton, New Brunswick.

  1. ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. ^ Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.