HMCS Charlottetown (1941)

History

Canada
Name	Charlottetown
Namesake	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Builder	Kingston Shipbuilding Ltd., Kingston
Laid down	7 June 1941
Launched	10 September 1941
Commissioned	13 December 1941
Homeport	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Identification	Pennant number: K244
Honours & awards	Atlantic, 1942; Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1942.
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk on 11 September 1942 by U-517 while escorting convoy SQ-30 in the St. Lawrence River north of Cap Chat at 49-10N, 66-50W. 9 crew killed.
General characteristics
Class & type	Modified Flower-class corvette
Displacement	1,015 long tons (1,031 t; 1,137 short tons)
Length	208 ft (63.4 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.35 m)
Propulsion	single shaft 2 × water tube boilers 1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	90
Sensors & processing systems	1 × Type 271 SW2C radar 1 × Type 144 sonar
Armament	1 × 4 inch BL Mk.IX single gun 1 × 2-pounder. Mk.VIII single "pom-pom" AA gun 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon single 1 × Hedgehog A/S mortar 4 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 depth charge rails with 70 depth charges

HMCS Charlottetown was a Flower-class corvette that served the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Charlottetown's pennant number K244 is unique in that it was also used for HMCS Charlottetown, a River-class frigate.