Royal Canadian Navy — Cruiser
F89
HMCS Prince David
Service
- as Prince David28 December 1940 — 11 June 19451,626 days of the war
HMCS Prince David
Particulars
- Name
- HMCS Prince David
- Pennant / hull number
- F89
- Builder
- Cammell Laird & Co., Birkenhead, UK
- Laid down
- 1929
- Launched
- 12 February 1930
- Commissioned
- 28 December 1940
- Struck
- 11 June 1945
- Fate
- Broken up 1951 (1951)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 5,645 long tons (5,736 t)
- Length
- 117.35 m (385 ft)
- Beam
- 17.37 m (57 ft)
- Draught
- 6.4 m (21 ft)
- Speed
- 22 knots (40.7 km/h, 25.3 mph)
- Range
- 3,500 nmi (6,482 km)
- Complement
- 414
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
HMCS Prince David was a cruiser, operated by the Royal Canadian Navy. She carried the pennant number F89. Her keel was laid at Cammell Laird & Co., Birkenhead, UK in 1929. She entered service on 28 December 1940, having been launched on 12 February 1930.
Displacement was 5,645 long tons. She measured 117.3 m (385 ft) long with a beam of 17.4 m (57 ft). Her designed speed was 22 knots, and she carried a complement of 414. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
Her machinery developed 19,300 ihp.
She was in commission for 1,626 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 11 June 1945.
She was broken up for scrap in 1951.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Twin screw Parsons reaction three-stage single-reduction geared turbines
- Power
- 6 × Yarrow water-tube five-drum super-heat main boilers
- 2 × Scottish marine three-burner auxiliary boilers
- 19300 ihp at 267 rpm.
- Armament
- 4 × 6-inch/45 cal Mk VII guns in 2 single mounts forward and 2 aft (as AMC).
- 4 × 4-inch Mk XVI HA/LA guns in two twin mounts (as LSI M).
- 2 × 3-inch HA guns in two single mounts (as AMC).
- 2 × 40-mm Bofors guns (as LSI M).
- several Vickers .303 twin MGs.
- 10 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Mk 5 in single mounts after Apr.20/42 refit.
- 2 stern-mounted depth charge chutes for Mk. VIII 300 lb.canister depth charges (as AMC).
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMCS Prince David on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons