HMCS Wetaskiwin
HMCS Wetaskiwin, circa 1943-1944. | |
| History | |
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| Canada | |
| Name | Wetaskiwin |
| Namesake | Wetaskiwin, Alberta |
| Ordered | 14 February 1940 |
| Builder | Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., North Vancouver |
| Laid down | 11 April 1940 |
| Launched | 18 July 1940 |
| Commissioned | 17 December 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K175 |
| Honours & awards | Atlantic 1941-45; Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944 |
| Fate | Sold to Venezuelan Navy as ARV Victoria |
| Venezuela | |
| Name | Victoria |
| Acquired | purchased from Royal Canadian Navy |
| Commissioned | 1946 |
| Out of service | 1962 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1962 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Flower-class corvette (original) |
| Displacement | 925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons) |
| Length | 205 ft (62.48 m)o/a |
| Beam | 33 ft (10.06 m) |
| Draught | 11.5 ft (3.51 m) |
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| Speed | 16 knots (29.6 km/h) |
| Range | 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
| Complement | 85 |
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HMCS Wetaskiwin was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Canadian Navy that served during the Second World War. She served primarily as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named after the city of Wetaskiwin, Alberta. Wetaskiwin was the first Pacific coast built corvette to enter service with the Royal Canadian Navy.