| HMCS Beacon Hill (K407) | |
|---|---|
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| Career |   |
| Name: | HMCS Beacon Hill |
| Commissioned: | 16 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 June 1946 |
| Out of service: | 15 September 1967 |
| Motto: | Semper Liber[1] |
| Honours and awards: | Atlantic 1944-45, English Channel 1944-45.[2] |
| Badge: | Sable, upon a mount vert a cresset or, fired proper[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | River class destroyer |
| Type: | Frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,445 tons |
| Length: | 91.9 m (301.5 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.1 m (36.6 ft) |
| Draught: | 2.74 m (9 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Admirality 3-drum boilers |
| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
| Complement: | 8 Officers, 133 Ranks |
| Armament: |
10 × 20 mm guns 2 × 4.7 inch guns 2 × 6-pounder guns Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar |
HMCS Beacon Hill was a member of the RCN's fleet of River-class frigates during World War II.
Ship's Bell[]
The Christening Bells Project at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum includes information from the ship's bell of HMCS Beacon Hill 1944 - 1967, which was used for baptism of babies onboard ship 1950 - 1964. The bell is currently held by the CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum, Esquimalt, BC.[4]
Notes[]
- ↑ Arbuckle 1987, p. 10
- ↑ Arbuckle 1987, p. 10
- ↑ Arbuckle 1987, p. 10
- ↑ http://www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org/resource_pages/bells/bells.asp Christening bells
References[]
Arbuckle, J. Graeme. Badges of the Canadian Navy. Halifax, NS: Nimbus Publishing, 1987. ISBN 0-920852-49-1.
The original article can be found at HMCS Beacon Hill (K407) and the edit history here.