HMCS Oshawa
- Displacement
- 1,030 long tons (1,047 t)
- Length
- 68.58 m (225 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Speed
- 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h, 19 mph)
- Complement
- 85
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Service
- as Oshawa6 July 1944 — 7 November 1958423 days of the war
- Name
- HMCS Oshawa
- Pennant / hull number
- J-330
- Namesake
- Oshawa
- Builder
- Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co., Port Arthur
- Laid down
- 6 October 1942
- Launched
- 6 October 1943
- Commissioned
- 6 July 1944
- Decommissioned
- July 1945
- Recommissioned
- 24 October 1945
- Fate
- Scrapped 1966 (1966)
- Status
- Scrapped
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 Oshawa was a destroyer escort of the Algerine-class minesweeper, operated by the Royal Canadian Navy. She carried the pennant number J-330. She was named for Oshawa. Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co., Port Arthur laid her keel on 6 October 1942. Launched on 6 October 1943, she entered service on 6 July 1944.
Her class ran to 14 ships. 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 423 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in July 1945. She recommissioned on 24 October 1945.
She was broken up for scrap in 1966.
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 Oshawa on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.