HMCS Quesnel

HMCS Quesnel, 10 September 1942, off Vancouver Island
History
Canada
Name	Quesnel
Namesake	Quesnel, British Columbia
Ordered	14 February 1940
Builder	Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd., Victoria
Laid down	9 May 1940
Launched	12 November 1940
Commissioned	23 May 1941
Decommissioned	3 July 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K133
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1942-45;[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944[2]
Fate	Scrapped 1946.
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette (original)[3]
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11.5 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)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)(18.4mph)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)(13.8mph)
Complement	85
Sensors and processing systems	1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX gun 2 × .50 cal machine gun (twin) 2 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun (twin) 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges

HMCS Quesnel was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Canadian Navy that took part in convoy escort duties during the Second World War. She primarily saw service in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named after Quesnel, British Columbia.