HMCS Fort Frances
Service
- as Fort Frances28 October 1944 — 5 April 1946309 days of the war
- Name
- HMCS Fort Frances
- Pennant / hull number
- J396
- Namesake
- Fort Frances, Ontario
- Builder
- Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur
- Ordered
- 25 November 1942
- Laid down
- 11 May 1943
- Launched
- 30 October 1943
- Commissioned
- 28 October 1944
- Decommissioned
- 3 August 1945
- Recommissioned
- 23 October 1945
- Fate
- Transferred to Department of Mines and Technical Surveys 1948 (1948)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,030 long tons (1,047 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,325 long tons (1,346 t)
- Length
- 68.58 m (225 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 3.73 m (12.2 ft)
- Speed
- 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h, 19 mph)
- Range
- 5,000 nmi (9,260 km)
- Complement
- 85
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMCS Fort Frances was a destroyer escort of the Algerine-class minesweeper built for the Royal Canadian Navy. She carried the pennant number J396. She was named for Fort Frances. Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Port Arthur laid her keel on 11 May 1943. She entered service on 28 October 1944, having been launched on 30 October 1943.
14 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Bangor-class minesweeper and was succeeded by the Ton-class minesweeper.
She displaced 1,030 long tons standard and 1,325 long tons at full load. She measured 68.6 m (225 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 16.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 85. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
Her machinery developed 2,400 ihp through two shafts.
She was in commission for 309 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 3 August 1945. She recommissioned on 23 October 1945.
She was transferred 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 shafts
- 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
- Power
- 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 2400 ihp
- Armament
- 1 × QF 4 in Mk V anti-aircraft gun
- 4 × twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
- 1 × Hedgehog
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMCS Fort Frances on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Rcbutcher using CommonsHelper . Original uploader was Hnatiw at en.wikipedia 18 January 2010 (original upload date) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons