HMCS Matane
HMCS Matane | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Name | Matane |
| Namesake | Matane, Quebec |
| Operator | Royal Canadian Navy |
| Ordered | October 1941 |
| Builder | Canadian Vickers, Montreal |
| Laid down | 23 December 1942 |
| Launched | 29 May 1943 |
| Commissioned | 22 October 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 11 February 1946 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K 444 |
| Honours & awards | Atlantic 1944, Normandy 1944, Arctic 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | River-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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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 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
| Speed |
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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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HMCS Matane was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for Matane, Quebec.
Matane was originally ordered as Stormont in October 1941 as part of the 1942–1943 River-class building program. She was laid down on 23 December 1942 by Canadian Vickers Ltd. at Montreal, Quebec and launched 29 May 1943. Her name was changed to Matane in 1942. She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 22 October 1943 at Montreal.