HMCS Trillium

Officers on the open bridge of HMCS Trillium
History
United Kingdom
NameTrillium
Namesakeflowering plant genus Trillium
Ordered20 January 1940
BuilderCanadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal
Laid down20 February 1940
Launched26 June 1940
Commissioned31 October 1940
Out of serviceloaned to Royal Canadian Navy 15 May 1941
IdentificationPennant number: K172
FateReturned from RCN June 1945. Sold for civilian use, scrapped 1971
Canada
NameTrillium
Commissioned15 May 1941
Out of serviceReturned to the Royal Navy 27 June 1945
IdentificationPennant number: K172
Honours and
awards
Atlantic 1940-45[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeFlower-class corvette (original)[2]
Displacement925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught11.5 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)
Speed16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement85
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × SW1C or 2C radar
  • 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament

HMCS Trillium was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served mainly as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was one of ten corvettes loaned to the Canadian navy by the Royal Navy and the only one which remained an ocean escort throughout the war. She was named after the flowering plant genus Trillium, which includes wakerobin, tri flower, and birthroot.

  1. ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  2. ^ Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J (1968). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. Doubleday & Company. pp. 201, 214.