HMCS Ottawa (H60)
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| Namesake: | Ottawa River |
| Builder: | Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth; Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Laid down: | 12 September 1930 |
| Launched: | 30 September 1931 |
| Commissioned: | 15 June 1938 |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic |
| Fate: | sunk 14 September 1942 |
| Notes: | Formerly HMS Crusader (H60) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | River class, C class |
| Displacement: | 1,375 tons (1,397 tonnes) standard 1,942 tons (1,974 tonnes) deep |
| Length: | 329 feet (100 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 33 feet (10.1 m) |
| Draught: | 12.5 feet (3.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | 3 x Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers (except Kempenfelt, Yarrow boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 36,000 shp on 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 35.5 kt |
| Range: | 5,500 nmi at 15 kt |
| Complement: | 181 (10 officers, 171 ratings) |
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HMCS Ottawa (H60) was a River-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1938-1942.
She was formerly HMS Crusader (H60) of the Royal Navy's C-class and wore pennant H60 during her service.
She was built by Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth and Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle upon Tyne and commissioned into the RN around 1932. She ended her service with the RN on 15 June 1938 when she was commissioned into the RCN at Chatham.
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[edit] World War II
Originally stationed with the RCN's Pacific Fleet, Ottawa was transferred to the Atlantic Fleet following the outbreak of World War II and was assigned to convoy duty in the North Atlantic.
During the first year of the war, Ottawa conducted convoy escort duties in the western Atlantic. In the fall of 1940, Ottawa was deployed to Scotland to assist in local escort operations. Ottawa assisted HMS Harvester (H19) sink the Italian Marcello class submarine Faa di Bruno in November.[1] She returned to Canada in spring 1941 and was assigned to the RCN's Newfoundland Escort Force where she continued her service in the waters of that country.
Ottawa was the leader of Escort Group C-4 for convoys ON-105,[2] HX-133,[3] ON-116, SC-96 and ON-127.[4] On 14 September 1942 at 02:05 local time, while escorting Convoy ON-127 500 nautical miles (930 km) east of St. John's, Newfoundland, Ottawa was torpedoed by U-91. Less than 30 minutes later, unable to maneuver, she was hit by a second torpedo. The second attack broke her in half, sinking her. 114 crew lost their lives, including the commanding officer, while 65 survivors were rescued by nearby vessels.
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[edit] References
- Blair, Clay (1996). Hitler's U-Boat War, The Hunters 1939-1942. Random House. ISBN 0-394-58839-8.
- Milner, Marc (1985). North Atlantic Run. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-450-0.
- Rohwer, J. and Hummelchen, G. (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-105-X.
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