Dun-class tanker

Class overview
Name	Dun class
Builders	Canadian Bridge Company, Walkerville, Ontario
Operators	Royal Canadian Navy
Planned	2
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Tanker
Displacement	950 long tons (970 t)
Length	178 ft 9 in (54.5 m)
Beam	33 ft 2 in (10.1 m)
Draught	13 ft 0 in (4.0 m)
Propulsion	2 × shaft, diesel engine, 700 bhp (522 kW)
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement	30
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun; 2 × single 20 mm Oerlikon cannon;

The Dun class of tankers comprised two ships, HMCS Dundalk and HMCS Dundurn, constructed for the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. The two vessels were ordered by the Royal Canadian Navy to fill a need to transport fuel oil for convoy escorts in the Battle of the Atlantic. The two vessels began their careers in 1943 and remained in naval service until 1946. Following the end of the war, they were crewed by civilians as naval auxiliaries until the 1980s. Dundalk was wrecked in 1984 and Dundurn's ultimate fate is unknown.

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