HMCS Outarde
History | |
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Canada | |
Name | Outarde |
Namesake | Outarde Bay, Quebec |
Builder | North Van Ship Repair, North Vancouver |
Laid down | 15 October 1940 |
Launched | 27 January 1941 |
Commissioned | 4 December 1941 |
Decommissioned | 24 November 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number: J161 |
Fate | Sold 1946 for mercantile conversion |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bangor-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 672 long tons (683 t) |
Length | 180 ft (54.9 m) oa |
Beam | 28 ft 6 in (8.7 m) |
Draught | 9 ft 9 in (3.0 m) |
Propulsion | 2 Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, 2 shafts, vertical triple-expansion reciprocating engines, 2,400 ihp (1,790 kW) |
Speed | 16.5 knots (31 km/h) |
Complement | 83 |
Armament |
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HMCS Outarde (pennant J161) was a Bangor-class minesweeper constructed for the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Entering service in 1941, the ship spent the entire war on the West Coast of Canada. Following the end of the war, the vessel was sold in 1946 for mercantile conversion and renamed Psing Hsin. In 1950 the vessel was sold again and renamed Content and remained in service until broken up for scrap in 1951.
Design and description
A British design, the Bangor-class minesweepers were smaller than the preceding Halcyon-class minesweepers in British service, but larger than the Fundy class in Canadian service.[1][2] They came in two versions powered by different engines; those with a diesel engines and those with vertical triple-expansion steam engines.[1] Outarde was of the latter design and was larger than her diesel-engined cousins. Outarde was 180 feet (54.9 m) long overall, had a beam of 28 feet 6 inches (8.7 m) and a draught of 9 feet 9 inches (3.0 m).[1][3] The minesweeper had a displacement of 672 long tons (683 t). She had a complement of 6 officers and 77 enlisted.[3]
Outarde had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by two
The minesweeper was armed initially with a single
Operational history
The minesweeper was ordered as part of the 1939–40 building programme.
Outarde spent the entirety of the Second World War on the
Following the war Outarde was
References
Notes
- ^ "Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 20 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f Chesneau, p. 64
- ^ Macpherson and Barrie (2002), p. 167
- ^ a b Macpherson and Barrie (2002), p. 180
- ^ a b c Macpherson (1997), p. 19
- ^ Macpherson (1997), p. 46
- ^ a b c Macpherson and Barrie (2002), p. 174
- ^ Douglas et al., No Higher Purpose, p. 349
- ^ Douglas et al., No Higher Purpose, p. 368
- ^ Colledge, p. 462
- ^ "Outarde (6112193)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
Sources
- Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Douglas, W.A.B.; Sarty, Roger; Whitby, Michael (2002). No Higher Purpose: The Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War, 1939–1943 Volume II, Part I. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-061-6.
- Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.
- Macpherson, Ken (1997). Minesweepers of the Royal Canadian Navy 1938–1945. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 0-920277-55-1.
External links
- "Bangor Class". Canadian Navy of Yesterday and Today. Hazegray.org.
- "HMCS Outarde (J 161)". Uboat.net.