HMCS Buctouche (K179)
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| Career (Canada) |  Royal Canadian Navy |
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| Namesake: | Bouctouche, New Brunswick |
| Ordered: | 22 Jan 1940 |
| Builder: | Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Lauzon |
| Laid down: | 14 Aug 1940 |
| Launched: | 20 Nov 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 5 Jun 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 Jun 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold on 23 Oct 1945. Scrapped in 1949 at Hamilton. |
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| Class and type: | Flower-class corvette (original) |
| Displacement: | 925 long tons (940 t/1,036 S/T) |
| Length: | 205 feet (62.48 m)o/a |
| Beam: | 33 feet (10.06 m) |
| Draught: | 11.5 feet (3.51 m) |
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| Speed: | 16 knots (29.6 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
| Complement: | 85 |
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HMCS Buctouche (K179) was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy.
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[edit] Construction
She was ordered on 22 January 1940 from Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Lauzon, Quebec and laid down on 14 August 1940. She was launched on 20 November 1940 and commissioned into the RCN on 5 June 1941. She is named after Bouctouche.
[edit] Wartime service
Buctouche (Lt. W.W. Hackney, RCNR) rescued 43 survivors from the British merchant ship Empire Gemsbuck that was torpedoed and sunk on 3 November 1941 by U-203 northeast of Cape Charles, Labrador at 52-18N, 53-05W.
On 7 July 1942, Buctouche (Skr. Lt. G.N. Downey, RCNR) rescued 15 survivors from the Norwegian merchant ship Moldanger that was torpedoed and sunk by U-404 on 27 June at 30-03N, 70-52W.
Her forecastle was extended at Saint John Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Ltd. on 29 January 1944.
[edit] Trivia
The ship's badge depicted Hitler being tossed off a bucking bronco, a play being made both on the name "Buctouche" and the rolling pitching motion which Flower-class corvettes were renowned for.
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