HMCS Riviere du Loup (K357)
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| Career (Canada) |  Royal Canadian Navy |
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| Namesake: | Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec |
| Builder: | Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Quebec City |
| Laid down: | 5 January 1943 |
| Launched: | 2 July 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 21 November 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 July 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold 1947 to the Dominican Republic as Juan Bautista Maggiolo. |
| 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 Riviere du Loup (K357) was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy.
Riviere du Loup followed the design of the modified Flower-class corvettes and was ordered from Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co. as part of the 1942-1943 Programme (Increased Endurance). She was laid down on 5 January 1943 and launched on 2 July 1943. She was commissioned into the RCN on 21 November 1943.
She was decommissioned from the RCN on 2 July 1945. She was sold in 1947 to the Dominican Republic as Juan Bautista Maggiolo, serving until 1972.
[edit] References
- HMCS Riviere du Loup (K 357). Uboat.net. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
- Revised FLOWER Class. Haze Gray & Underway: Naval History and Photography - The Canadian Navy of Yesterday and Today. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
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