HMCS Fort Erie (K670)

HMCS Fort Erie (K670)
HMCS Fort Erie (K670)
Namesake:	Fort Erie, Ontario
Builder:	Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Lauzon
Laid down:	3 November 1943
Launched:	27 May 1944
Commissioned:	27 October 1944
Decommissioned:	22 November 1945
Notes:	Colours:Red and Black
Badge:	Blazon Argent, out of a mural crown sable, a demi cat rampant guardant gules armed azure, collared and chained or, holding erect a trident azure, the base end resting on the mural crown.
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 Fort Erie was a River-class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1944-1945 and as a Prestonian-class frigate from 1956-1965.

Built by Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Lauzon, she was commissioned into the RCN on 27 October 1944 with the pennant K670. She was placed in reserve in 1945 and reactivated in 1953. She underwent conversion to a Prestonian-class frigate from 1953-1955 and was recommissioned with pennant 312 on 17 April 1956.

She was paid off by the RCN on 26 March 1965.

References[]

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

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L'Aventure (ex-Braid)
Croix de Lorraine (ex-Strule)
La Découverte / Lucifer (ex-Windrush)
L'Escarmouche / L'Ailette (ex-Frome)
La Surprise (ex-Torridge)
Tonkinois / La Confiance (ex-Moyola)

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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)

HMCS Fort Erie (K670)

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