HMCS Summerside (K141)

A view of HMCS Summerside at sea, circa 1943-1945
History
Canada
Name	Summerside
Namesake	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Ordered	23 January 1940
Builder	Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Quebec City
Laid down	4 October 1940
Launched	7 May 1941
Commissioned	11 September 1941
Decommissioned	6 July 1945
Refit	Forecastle extended at Saint John on 25 October 1943.
Identification	Pennant number: K141
Honours and awards	Atlantic, 1941-44; Normandy, 1944; English Channel, 1944-45[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1942, 1944[2]
Fate	Scrapped in June 1946 in Canada.
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 × water tube boilers 1 × 4-cycle 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	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 originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed

HMCS Summerside was a Flower-class corvette that served the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served in several naval theatres of the war. She was named for Summerside, Prince Edward Island. Following the end of the war, the ship was sold for scrap and broken up.