HMCS Ypres
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HMCS Ypres was one of 12 Battle Class trawlers used by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1940 she was accidentally rammed and sunk by HMS Revenge (06) while in the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
[edit] Specifications
- Launched: July 16, 1917
- Commissioned: November 10, 1917; May 1, 1923; 1938
- Paid off: 1920; November 1932; May 12, 1940
- Displacement: 320 tons
- Length: 130 feet
- Width: 23.5 feet
- Draught: 13.5 feet
- Top Speed: 10 knots
- Crew: ?
- Armament: 1 12 PDR Single mount
