HMCS Dundas

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HMCS Dundas
History
Canada
NameDundas
NamesakeDundas, Ontario
BuilderVictoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd., Victoria
Laid down19 March 1941
Launched25 July 1941
Commissioned1 April 1942
Decommissioned17 July 1945
IdentificationPennant number: K229
Honours and
awards		Atlantic 1942–45[1]
FateScrapped 1946
General characteristics
Class and typeFlower-class corvette
Displacement950 long tons (970 t; 1,060 short tons)
Length203 ft (61.87 m)
Beam33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught13 ft (3.96 m)
Propulsion
  • single shaft
  • 2 × water tube boilers[citation needed]
  • 1 × double acting triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
  • 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)
Range3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement5 officers, 61 men
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 Dundas was a

Second World War. She saw action in both Atlantic and Pacific theatres of the war. She was named for Dundas, Ontario
.

Background

Main article: Flower-class corvette

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

whaling ship design.[6] The generic name "flower" was used to designate the class of these ships, which – in the Royal Navy – were named after flowering plants.[7]

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.[8]

Construction

Dundas was ordered as part of the 1940–1941 Flower-class building program. She was identical to the 1939–1940 program except for a few changes. The 1940–41 program had water-tube boilers, which were less responsive but had more reliability in providing a consistent supply of steam. The second significant change was that no minesweeping gear was ever installed, as the role of the corvette had changed from coastal auxiliary to convoy escort.[8]

Dundas was laid down 19 March 1941 by

fo'c'sle extended. Her second overhaul took place at Liverpool, Nova Scotia beginning in January 1945 and taking two months to complete.[10]

Service history

After workups, Dundas joined Esquimalt Force at

Aleutian Islands Campaign. After completing those duties, she was reassigned to the east coast in September as a replacement for the corvettes departing for Operation Torch.[10]

Dundas arrived at Halifax 13 October 1942, joining the Western Local Escort Force upon her arrival. When WLEF adopted convoy escort groups in June 1943, Dundas was initially assigned to group W-7. In September 1943 she joined W-5 and in April 1944, W-4. After her final refit at the beginning of 1945 she resumed service with W-4 and remained with them until the end of the war.[10]

Dundas was

Sorel, Quebec and transferred to the War Assets Corporation. She was sold 23 October 1945 for scrapping and broken up in 1946 at Hamilton, Ontario.[9][10]

Notes

  1. ^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  2. ^ Ossian, Robert. "Complete List of Sailing Vessels". The Pirate King. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  3. ^ Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. (1978). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons & Warfare. Vol. 11. London: Phoebus. pp. 1137–1142.
  4. ISBN 0-517-67963-9
    .
  5. ISBN 0-8117-3275-4
    .
  6. ISBN 0-87021-913-8
    .
  7. ISBN 0-87021-450-0
    .
  8. ^
    ISBN 1-55125-052-7
    .
  9. ^ a b "HMCS Dundas (K 229)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  10. ^
    ISBN 0-00216-856-1
    .

References

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