HMCS Long Branch (K487)
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| Career (Canada) |  Royal Canadian Navy |
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| Namesake: | Long Branch, Ontario |
| Builder: | A. & J. Inglis Ltd., Glasgow |
| Laid down: | 27 February 1943 |
| Launched: | 28 September 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 5 January 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 June 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold in 1947 as mercantile Rexton Kent II. Scuttled off Canada's Atlantic coast in 1966. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Flower-class corvette (modified) |
| Displacement: | 1,015 long tons (1,031 t/1,137 S/T) |
| Length: | 208 feet (63.40 m)o/a |
| Beam: | 33 feet (10.06 m) |
| Draught: | 11 feet (3.35 m) |
| Propulsion: | single shaft, 2x oil fired water tube boilers, 1 triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, 2,750 ihp |
| Speed: | 16 knots (29.6 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
| Complement: | 90 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
One Type 271 SW2C radar, one Type 144 sonar |
| Armament: |
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HMCS Long Branch (K487) was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy.
She was formerly HMS Candytuff (K487) and was transferred to the RCN on 5 January 1944.
[edit] Wartime service
Upon commisioning to the RCN she was tasked to join escort group C-5 at Londonderry Port in April 1944 following a 1 month work up period at Tobermory, Mull. C-5 sailed with the convoy ONS 233. Long Branch developed mechanical problems during the crossing and underwent a 6-week repair at the Newfoundland Drydock upon her arrival at St. John's.
She departed St. John's on 14 June to resume duties but returned for further repairs with the assistance of HM Tug Tenacity. Once repaired, she left St. John's a week later to join convoy HXS 300, the largest convoy of the war.
She continued as an ocean escort until her final departure from Londonderry on 27 January 1945. She arrived at Halifax under the command of A/Lt.Cdr. J.B. O'Brien, RCNVR on 11 February and commenced a refit. In April she was assigned to Halifax for local duties.
She was paid off and decommissioned from the RCN on 17 June 1945 at Sorel, Quebec.
[edit] Civilian service
Long Branch was sold for commercial use in 1947 and renamed Rexton Kent II. She was later renamed Rexton Kent. She was scuttled off Canada's Atlantic coast in 1966.
[edit] References
- HMCS Long Branch (K 487). Arnold Hague database at convoyweb.org.uk. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
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