HMCS Vancouver (K240)

HMCS Vancouver
History
Canada
Name	Vancouver
Namesake	Vancouver, British Columbia
Builder	Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt
Laid down	16 June 1941
Launched	26 August 1941
Commissioned	20 March 1942
Decommissioned	26 June 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K240
Honours and awards	Aleutians 1942–43; Atlantic 1944–45[1]
Fate	Sold for scrapping 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	950 long tons (970 t; 1,060 short tons)
Length	203 ft (61.87 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	13 ft (3.96 m)
Propulsion	1940–1941 program single shaft 2 × water tube boilers 1 × double acting triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	5 officers, 61 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament	1 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk.IX single gun 1 × 2-pounder Mk.VIII single "pom-pom" 4 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 depth charge rails with 60 depth charges

HMCS Vancouver was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She saw action primarily in both Atlantic and Pacific theatres. She was named for Vancouver, British Columbia. She was the second commissioned ship and the third overall to bear the name Vancouver.