HMCS Windflower during acceptance trials in 1940. Most of the ship's armament has not yet been fitted. |
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| Career (Canada) | Royal Canadian Navy |
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| Name: | HMCS Windflower |
| Namesake: | Windflower |
| Builder: | George T. Davie & Sons Ltd., Lauzon |
| Laid down: | 25 February 1940 |
| Launched: | 4 July 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 15 May 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 December 1945 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: K155 |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1941 |
| Fate: | Sunk on 7 December 1941, while escorting Convoy SC.58, following collision with merchant Zypenberg in dense fog on the Grand Banks at 46-19N, 49-30W. 23 crew were lost. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Flower-class corvette |
| Displacement: | 925 long tons (940 t) |
| Length: | 205 ft (62 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Installed power: | 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating engine 2 × Scotch fire-tube boilers 1 × screw |
| Speed: | 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,500 nmi (4,000 mi; 6,500 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 85 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar |
| Armament: | 1 × BL 4 in (100 mm) Mk.IX gun 4 × Vickers .50 cal machine guns (2x2) 4 × Lewis .303 cal machine guns (2x2) 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges |
HMCS Windflower was a Royal Canadian Navy Flower-class corvette which took part in convoy escort duties during the Second World War.
Windflower was laid down at George T. Davie & Sons Ltd., Lauzon on 24 February 1940 and launched on 8 August 1940. She was ordered by the Royal Navy as HMS Windflower but was transferred to the RCN and commissioned on 15 May.
On 7 December 1941, Windflower was escorting Convoy SC.58 when she collided with merchant Zypenberg in dense fog on the Grand Banks at 46° 19N, 49° 30W. 23 crew were lost.
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