HMCS Collingwood

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HMCS Collingwood
History
Canada
NameCollingwood
NamesakeCollingwood, Ontario
Ordered1 February 1940
Builder
Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. Collingwood
Laid down2 March 1940
Launched27 July 1940
Commissioned19 November 1940
Decommissioned23 July 1945
IdentificationPennant number: K180
Honours and
awards		Atlantic 1941–44[1]
FateScrapped 1950
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 Collingwood was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic though also saw service as a training vessel. She was named for Collingwood, Ontario.

Background

Main article: Flower-class corvette

Flower-class corvettes like Collingwood serving with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War were different from earlier and more traditional sail-driven corvettes.

whaling ship design.[7] The generic name "flower" was used to designate the class of these ships, which – in the Royal Navy – were named after flowering plants.[8]

Corvettes commissioned by the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War were named after communities for the most part, to better represent the people who took part in building them. This idea was put forth by Admiral Percy W. Nelles. Sponsors were commonly associated with the community for which the ship was named. Royal Navy corvettes were designed as open sea escorts, while Canadian corvettes were developed for coastal auxiliary roles which was exemplified by their minesweeping gear. Eventually the Canadian corvettes would be modified to allow them to perform better on the open seas.[9]

Construction

Collingwood was ordered on 1 November 1940 as part of the 1939–1940 Flower-class building program. She was laid down on 2 March 1940 by

Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. at Collingwood, Ontario and launched 27 July later that year.[10]
She was commissioned on 9 November 1940 at Collingwood, the first corvette to enter Canadian service.

In early December 1941 she went on a two-month refit at

fo'c'sle was extended.[11]

Service history

After arriving at Halifax and completing her work up, Collingwood joined Halifax Force in January 1941. She worked with them until 23 May when she transferred to

St. John's to Iceland.[11] The first NEF convoy to face battle, HX 113, had three corvettes as part of the escort. However none of them had adequate communications equipment as they were only able to communicate through signals and not radio. This led to six losses and the escorts were only able to stop the attacks due to a reinforcement of Royal Navy escorts out of Iceland.[12]

After completing her working up after her first refit, Collingwood was assigned to the "Newfie" – Derry run, which were the Atlantic convoys that no longer switched escort groups near Iceland, but went all the way to the United Kingdom. She spent 1942 through to 1944 escorting convoys on this run. From December 1942 onward, Collingwood was a member of escort group EG C-4. From April 1945 until June 1945, Collingwood served as a training ship at Digby, Nova Scotia.[11]

Collingwood was

Sorel, Quebec. She was sold for scrapping in July 1950 and broken up at Hamilton.[11][13]

References

  1. ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  2. ^ Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J (1968). British and Dominion Warships of World War II. Doubleday & Company. pp. 201, 212.
  3. ^ Ossian, Robert. "Complete List of Sailing Vessels". The Pirate King. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  4. ^ Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. (1978). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons & Warfare. Vol. 11. London: Phoebus. pp. 1137–1142.
  5. ISBN 0-517-67963-9
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  6. ISBN 0-8117-3275-4
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  7. ISBN 0-87021-913-8
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  8. ISBN 0-87021-450-0
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  9. ISBN 1-55125-052-7
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  10. ^ "HMCS Collingwood (K180)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
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    ISBN 0-00216-856-1
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  12. ISBN 0-7710-3269-2
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  13. ^ "Collingwood (6111130)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
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