 HMCS Orkney
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| Name | Orkney |
| Namesake | Orkney, Saskatchewan |
| Ordered | June 1942 |
| Builder | Yarrows, Esquimalt |
| Laid down | 19 May 1943 |
| Launched | 18 September 1943 |
| Commissioned | 18 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 22 January 1946 |
| Identification | Pennant number:K448 |
| Honours and awards | Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944,[1] North Sea 1945[2] |
| Fate | Sold, became Israeli immigrant ship Violetta 1947 |
 Israel | |
| Name | Mivtakh |
| Namesake | "Reliance" |
| Acquired | 1952 |
| Commissioned | 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 1958 |
| Identification | Pennant number:K-28 |
| Fate | Sold 1959 to Ceylon |
 Ceylon | |
| Name | Mahasena |
| Namesake | Mahasena of Anuradhapura |
| Acquired | 1958 |
| Commissioned | 1959 |
| Decommissioned | 1964 |
| Fate | Sold 1964, broken up in Singapore |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | River-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 36.5 ft (11.13 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load) |
| Propulsion | 2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
| Speed |
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| Range | 646 long tons (656 t; 724 short tons) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h) |
| Complement | 157 |
| Armament |
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HMCS Orkney was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy as a convoy escort during the Second World War. She was named for Orkney, Saskatchewan. After the war she was purchased and used by the Israeli immigrant movement, then taken over by the nascent Israeli Navy and renamed Mivtah. She was sold by Israel to Ceylon who renamed her Mahasena.
Orkney was ordered in June 1942 as part of the 1942–1943 River-class program.[3][4] She was laid down on 19 May 1943 by Yarrows Ltd. at Esquimalt and launched 18 September 1943.[4] She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 18 April 1944 at Victoria, British Columbia.[3]
- ^ "The Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence" (PDF). Veterans Affairs Canada. p. 29. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "HMCS Orkney (K 448)". uboat.net. Retrieved 6 April 2014.