Английская Википедия:HMCS Comox (J64)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMCS Comox was a Шаблон:Sclass that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1938–1945. She served during the Second World War as a local patrol craft for Esquimalt, British Columbia before transferring to Halifax, Nova Scotia performing general minesweeping duties. After the war she sold for mercantile service and converted to a tugboat named Sung Ming. The ship's registry was deleted in 1993.
Design and description
In 1936, new minesweepers were ordered for the Royal Canadian Navy.[1] Based on the British Шаблон:Sclass,[2][3] those built on the west coast would cost $403,000 per vessel.[4] At the outbreak of the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Navy considered constructing more, but chose to build Шаблон:Sclasss instead upon learning of that design due to their oil-burning engines.[2][5][6]
The Fundy class, named after the lead ship, displaced Шаблон:Convert. They were Шаблон:Convert long, with a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a draught of Шаблон:Convert. They had a complement of 3 officers and 35 ratings.[7]
The Fundy class was propelled by one shaft driven by vertical triple expansion engine powered by steam from a one-cylinder boiler.[3] This created between Шаблон:Convert and gave the minesweepers a top speed of Шаблон:Convert.[3][7] The ships were capable of carrying between Шаблон:Convert of coal.[3]
The ships were armed with one QF [[QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII|Шаблон:Convert Mk IV gun]] mounted forward on a raised platform.[8][3][note 1][note 2] The minesweepers were armed with two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons.[8] They were later equipped with 25 depth charges.[3]
Service history
Comox was ordered on 23 August 1937.[9] The ship was laid down on 5 February 1938 by Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd. at Vancouver, British Columbia with the yard number 117 and launched on 9 August later that year.[10] She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 23 November 1938.[7]
Comox was initially assigned to the west coast.[11] At the onset of the Second World War, she remained at Esquimalt carrying out local patrol duties. In March 1940, she and her sister ship Шаблон:HMCS were reassigned to the east coast. Arriving in April 1940 Comox spent the rest of the war performing minesweeping duties for Halifax Harbour.[7] Along with her sister ship, Шаблон:HMCS, she rescued survivors of the torpedoed Liberty ship SS Martin Van Buren on 15 January 1945.[7][9]
Comox was paid off on 27 July 1945. The vessel was sold in 1946 for commercial service to Ming Sung Industrial Co Ltd and converted to the tugboat Sung Ming.[7][10] The ship was deleted in 1993.[10]
References
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Sources
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External links
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- ↑ Johnston et al., p. 979
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Macpherson and Barrie, p. 167
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,5 Chesneau, p. 65
- ↑ Johnston et al., p. 1075
- ↑ Pritchard, pp. 21–2
- ↑ Tucker, p. 29
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 7,2 7,3 7,4 7,5 Macpherson and Barrie, p. 32
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