HMCS Charlottetown (1943)
HMCS Charlottetown was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the Second World War. She was the second vessel of the name, HMCS Charlottetown having been a Flower-class corvette that had been sunk earlier in the war. They are unique for being the only two ships to have shared the same pennant number, K 244. She was named for Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
| History | |
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| Canada | |
| Name | Charlottetown |
| Namesake | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| Ordered | June 1942 |
| Builder | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon |
| Yard number | 23 |
| Laid down | 26 January 1943 |
| Launched | 16 September 1943 |
| Commissioned | 28 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 25 March 1947 |
| Identification | pennant number:K 244 |
| Honours and awards | Atlantic, 1942; Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1942, 1944. |
| Fate | Sold 1947, hull expended as breakwater in British Columbia. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | River-class frigate |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 36.5 ft (11.13 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
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| Range | 646 long tons (656 t; 724 short tons) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h) |
| Complement | 157 |
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Charlottetown was ordered in June 1942 as part of the 1942-1943 River-class building program. She was laid down on 26 January 1943 by G T Davie Shipbuilding Ltd. at Lauzon and launched on 16 September of that year. She was commissioned into the RCN at Quebec City on 28 April 1944. She visited her namesake city of Charlottetown on 22 May en route to Halifax.