HMCS Border Cities
- Displacement
- 990 long tons (1,006 t)
- Length
- 68.6 m (225.1 ft)
- Beam
- 10.8 m (35.4 ft)
- Speed
- 16 knots (29.6 km/h, 18.4 mph)
- Complement
- 107
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Service
- as Border Cities18 May 1944 — 15 January 1946472 days of the war
- Name
- HMCS Border Cities
- Pennant / hull number
- J-344
- Namesake
- Windsor, Ontario
- Builder
- Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur
- Ordered
- 12 December 1941
- Laid down
- 26 August 1942
- Launched
- 3 May 1943
- Commissioned
- 18 May 1944
- Decommissioned
- 15 January 1946
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping 1948 (1948)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 990 long tons (1,006 t)
- Length
- 68.6 m (225.1 ft)
- Beam
- 10.8 m (35.4 ft)
- Draught
- 2.6 m (8.5 ft)
- Speed
- 16 knots (29.6 km/h, 18.4 mph)
- Complement
- 107
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMCS Border Cities was a destroyer escort of the Algerine-class minesweeper in service with the Royal Canadian Navy. She carried the pennant number J-344. She was named for Windsor. Her keel was laid at Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur on 26 August 1942. She entered service on 18 May 1944, having been launched on 3 May 1943.
Her class ran to 14 ships. The class followed the Bangor-class minesweeper and was succeeded by the Ton-class minesweeper.
She displaced 990 long tons. She measured 68.6 m (225 ft) long with a beam of 10.8 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 16 knots, and she carried a complement of 107. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 472 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 January 1946.
She was broken up for scrap in 1948.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × 3-drum Yarrow style water tube all welded boilers
- 2 × 1250 HP triple expansion engines.
- Armament
- 1 × QF 4 in Mk V anti-aircraft gun
- 4 × 20 mm twin guns
- 1 × Hedgehog ASW mortar
- Depth charges
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMCS Border Cities on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.