HMCS Ontario in 1951
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Minotaur |
Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
Yard number | 1171 |
Laid down | 20 November 1941 |
Launched | 29 July 1943 |
Fate | Transferred to Royal Canadian Navy in July 1944 |
Canada | |
Name | Ontario |
Acquired | July 1944 |
Commissioned | 25 May 1945 |
Decommissioned | 15 October 1958 |
Motto | "Ut incepit fidelis sic permanent" (Loyal she has been and remains so)[1] |
Fate | Scrapped, arriving at Osaka for breaking up on 19 November 1960 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Minotaur-class light cruiser |
Displacement |
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Length | 555.5 ft (169.3 m) |
Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
Draught | 17.25 ft (5.26 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h) |
Range |
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Complement | 867 |
Armament |
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Armour |
HMCS Ontario was a Minotaur-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy as HMS Minotaur (53), but transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on completion and renamed Ontario.[2]
HMS Minotaur was laid down on 20 November 1941 by Harland & Wolff of Belfast and launched on 29 July 1943.[2] She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in July 1944, and completed and commissioned as Ontario on 25 May 1945 at Belfast.[2][3]