HMCS Poundmaker

HMCS Poundmaker
History
Canada
NamePoundmaker
NamesakePoundmaker Cree Nation, Saskatchewan
OperatorRoyal Canadian Navy
Ordered1 February 1943
BuilderCanadian Vickers, Montreal
Laid down29 January 1944
Launched21 April 1944
Commissioned17 September 1944
Decommissioned25 November 1945
IdentificationPennant number:K 675
Honours and
awards		Atlantic 1944–45[1]
FateTransferred to Peru 1947
Peru
NameTeniente Ferré
OperatorPeruvian Navy
Acquired1947
Out of service1966
RenamedFerré (1953)
IdentificationFE-3 (1959); FE-66 (1960)
FateDiscarded 1966
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 Poundmaker was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. It saw action as a convoy escort during the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for the Poundmaker Cree Nation of Saskatchewan. After the war she was sold to Peru and renamed Teniente Ferré in 1947.

Poundmaker was ordered on 1 February 1943 as part of the 1943–1944 River-class building program.[2][3] She was laid down on 29 January 1944 by Canadian Vickers Ltd. at Montreal, Quebec and launched on 21 April later that year.[3] She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 17 September 1944 at Montreal.[2]

  1. ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "HMCS Poundmaker (K 675)". uboat.net. Retrieved 12 April 2014.