Английская Википедия:HMCS Curlew

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HMCS Curlew was a commissioned minesweeper and patrol vessel of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) that served in the First World War. Constructed in Ontario in 1892, Curlew was initially a Canadian government fisheries patrol vessel on the East Coast of Canada. In 1912, the ship was fitted as a minesweeper and in 1914, joined the RCN. Curlew spent the entire war on the East Coast of Canada. Following the war, the ship was taken out of service and sold in 1921.

Description

Curlew had a gross register tonnage of 185 tons, which did not increase during the First World War when it became her official displacement. The vessel was fitted with a ram bow, giving the ship the appearance of a gunboat.Шаблон:Sfn The ship was Шаблон:Convert long with a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a draught of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn The ship was powered by a compound steam engine driving one screw creating 50 nominal horsepower.Шаблон:Sfn This gave Curlew a maximum speed of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn The vessel was armed with three machine guns and had a complement of 23.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Construction and career

Curlew was ordered from Polson Iron Works by Charles Tupper, Minister of Marine and Fisheries and constructed at their yard in Owen Sound, Ontario. The ship, along with her two sisters, Шаблон:HMCS and Шаблон:Ship, were ordered after a fishing treaty collapsed between Canada and the United States and the Royal Navy refused to send vessels to monitor the Atlantic Canada fisheries.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Curlew was launched in 1892 and deployed to the East Coast of Canada as a Department of Marine and Fisheries fisheries patrol vessel.Шаблон:Sfn Curlew remained in this duty until 1912 when the ship was fitted for minesweeping.Шаблон:Sfn In 1914, the ship was commissioned by the RCN with the outbreak of the First World War and was used as a patrol and minesweeping craft on the East Coast until the war's end in 1918. Following the war, Curlew was paid off by the RCN and put up for sale, being sold in 1921.Шаблон:Sfn

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