HMCS Antigonish (K661)

HMCS Antigonish (K661)
Career (Canada)
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
Identification:	Pennant number: K661 From 1957: 301
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 & type:	River-class frigate
Displacement:	1,445 long tons (1,468 t; 1,618 short tons) 2,110 long tons (2,140 t; 2,360 short tons) (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 short tons) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h)
Complement:	157
Armament:	2 x QF 4 in (102 mm) /45 Mk. XVI on twin mount HA/LA Mk.XIX 1 x QF 12 pdr (3 in / 76 mm) 12 cwt /50 Mk. V on mounting HA/LA Mk.IX (not all ships) 8 x 20 mm QF Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V 1 x Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector up to 150 depth charges

HMCS Antigonish 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.

Ship's bell

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.

See also

• List of ships of the Canadian Navy

References

• HMS Tweed (K250)
• Usk
• HMS Waveney (K248)
• HMS Wear (K230)
• Windrush
• HMS Wye (K371)

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• Lachlan
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• Shoalhaven

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• Adur
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• L'Aventure (ex-Braid)
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• Johan Maurits van Nassau (ex-Ribble (K251))

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• Swale
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• Asheville (ex-Adur)
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Post World War II operators
Argentine Navy	Hércules (ex-Asheville)
Argentine Naval Prefecture	Juan B. Azopardo (ex-Hércules)
Royal Ceylon Navy / Sri Lanka Navy	Gajabahu (ex-Misnak) Mahasena (ex-Mivtakh)
Chilean Navy	Covadonga (ex-Sea Cliff) Esmeralda / Baquedano (ex-Glace Bay) Iquique (ex-Joliette)
Royal Danish Navy	Holger Danske (ex-Monnow) Niels Ebbesen (ex-Annan (K404))
Dominican Navy	Juan Pablo Duarte (ex-Natchez) Presidente Trujillo / Mella (ex-Carlplace)
Egyptian Navy	Abikir (ex-Usk) Domiat (ex-Nith) Rashied (ex-Spey)
Indian Navy	Bengal (ex-Kokanee) Dhanush (ex-Deveron) Hooghly (ex-Waskesiu) Kukri / Khukri (ex-Trent) Neza (ex-Test) Shamsher (ex-Nadder) Tamar / Aire (ex-Aire) Tir (ex-Bann)
Israeli Navy	Mivtakh (ex-Orkney) Misgav (ex-Strathadam) Misnak (ex-Hallowell)
Myanmar Navy	Mayu (ex-Fal)
Royal New Zealand Navy	Lachlan
Royal Norwegian Navy	Draug (ex-Penetang) Garm / Valkyrien (ex-Toronto) Troll / Horten (ex-Prestonian)
Pakistan Navy	Shamsher Zulfiquar (ex-Dhanush)
Peruvian Navy	Teniente Palacios / Palacios (ex-St. Pierre) Teniente Ferré / Ferré (ex-Poundmaker)
Portuguese Navy	Diogo Gomes (ex-Awe) Nuno Tristão (ex-Avon)

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• Preceded by: None
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