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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
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| Laid down: |
20 July 1943 at the Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Company, Quebec City, Canada) |
| Launched: |
22 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: |
16 June 1944 |
| Decommissioned: |
8 July 1945 |
| Fate: |
Scrapped March 1949 in New Orleans |
| Struck: |
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| General Characteristics |
| Displacement: |
970 tonnes |
| Length: |
208.3 ft |
| Beam: |
33.1 ft |
| Draught: |
11 ft |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: |
16 knots maximum |
| Range: |
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| Complement: |
85 (including 6 officers) |
| Armament: |
One 4" gun, one 2 pounder gun, Two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns, Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar |
| Armour: |
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HMCS Asbestos (K358) was a revised Flower class corvette.
She was commanded by Lieutenant James Cuthbert for her entire career [1].
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