| Career (Canada) | Royal Canadian Navy |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Antigonish, Nova Scotia |
| Builder: | Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt |
| Laid down: | 2 October 1943 |
| Launched: | 10 February 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 4 July 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 May 1946 |
| Motto: | Be worthy |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic, 1944-1945; Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944 |
| Notes: | Colours: Gold and black |
| Badge: | Blazon Argent, a bear rampant sable, langued gules, grasping and breaking with its forepaws a beech bough proper. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | River class frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,445 long tons (1,468 t; 1,618 ST) 2,110 long tons (2,140 t; 2,360 ST) (deep load) |
| Length: | 283 ft (86.26 m) p/p 301.25 ft (91.82 m)o/a |
| Beam: | 36.5 ft (11.13 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37.0 km/h) 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) (turbine ships) |
| Range: | 646 long tons (656 t; 724 ST) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h) |
| Complement: | 157 |
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HMCS Antigonish (K661) was a River class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1944-1946 and as a Prestonian class frigate from 1957-1966.
Built by Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt, she was commissioned into the RCN on 4 July 1944 with the pennant K661. She was placed in reserve in 1946 and reactivated in 1947 for use as a training ship until 1954. She underwent conversion to a Prestonian class frigate in 1956-1957 and was recommissioned with pennant 301 on 12 October 1957.
She was paid off by the RCN in December 1966.
The ship's bell of HMCS Antigonish is currently held by the Maritime Museum of British Columbia. The Christening Bells Project at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum includes information from the ship's bell of HMCS Antigonish, which was used for baptism of babies onboard ship. [1]
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