HMCS Camrose, circa November 1943. |
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| Career (Canada) | Royal Canadian Navy |
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| Namesake: | Camrose |
| Builder: | Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel |
| Laid down: | 17 February 1940 |
| Launched: | 16 November 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 30 June 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 22 July 1945 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: K154 |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1941, Gulf of St. Lawrence |
| Fate: | Scrapped in Hamilton, Ontario |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Flower-class corvette |
| Displacement: | 925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 ST) |
| Length: | 205 ft (62.48 m)o/a |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10.06 m) |
| Draught: | 11.5 ft (3.51 m) |
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| Speed: | 16 knots (29.6 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
| Complement: | 85 |
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HMCS Camrose was a Royal Canadian Navy Flower-class corvette which took part in convoy escort duties during World War II.
Camrose was laid down at Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel on 17 September 1940, launched on 16 November 1940 and commissioned 30 June 1941
While on escort duty in the North Atlantic on 8 January 1944, Camrose was involved in the sinking of the German submarine U-757[1].
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