HMCS Riviere du Loup

HMCS Riviere du Loup circa 1944
History
Canada
Name	Riviere du Loup
Namesake	Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
Builder	Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Quebec City
Laid down	5 January 1943
Launched	2 July 1943
Commissioned	21 November 1943
Decommissioned	2 July 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K357
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1944-45;[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944[2]
Fate	Sold 1947 to the Dominican Republic as Juan Bautista Maggiolo.
Dominican Republic
Name	Juan Bautista Maggiolo
Acquired	purchased from Canada
Commissioned	1947
Decommissioned	1972
Fate	Removed from active list 1972
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette (modified)
Displacement	1,015 long tons (1,031 t; 1,137 short tons)
Length	208 ft (63.40 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.35 m)
Propulsion	Single shaft, 2× oil fired water tube boilers, 1 triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	90
Sensors and processing systems	One Type 271 SW2C radar, one Type 144 sonar
Armament	1 × 4 in (102 mm) BL Mk.IX single gun 1 × 2-pounder Mk.VIII single "pom-pom" 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon single 1 × Hedgehog A/S mortar 4 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge rails with 70 depth charges

HMCS Riviere du Loup was a modified Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She fought primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as a convoy escort. She was named for Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec.