HMCS Charlottetown (K244) (Flower class corvette)
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For other ships of the same name, see HMCS Charlottetown.
| Career (Canada) |  Royal Canadian Navy |
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| Namesake: | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| Builder: | Kingston Shipbuilding Ltd., Kingston |
| Laid down: | 7 Jun 1941 |
| Launched: | 10 Sep 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 13 Dec 1941 |
| Fate: | Torpedoed and sunk on 11 Sep 1942 by U-517 while escorting convoy SQ-30 in the St. Lawrence River north of Cap Chat at 49-10N, 66-50W. 9 crew killed. |
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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 Charlottetown (K244) was a Flower class corvette that served the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.
Charlottetown's pennant number K244 is unique in that it was also used for the HMCS Charlottetown, a River-class frigate.
Charlottetown was constructed at Kingston Shipbuilding Ltd., Kingston and commissioned into the RCN at Quebec City on 13 December 1941. She arrived at her homeport of Halifax, Nova Scotia on 18 December.
Charlottetown served with the Western Local Escort Force (WLEF) until mid-July 1942 when she was transferred to the Gulf Escort Force (GEF), serving in what is now referred to as the Battle of the St. Lawrence.
She escorted Quebec City - Sydney, Nova Scotia convoys until she was torpedoed and sunk on 11 September 1942 by U-517 6 nautical miles off Cap Chat in the St. Lawrence River along the northern shore of the Gaspé Peninsula. Nine personnel, including Captain (Acting), Lieutenant Commander John W. Bonner, RCNR were killed out of her crew of sixty four.
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