For other ships of the same name, see HMCS Glace Bay.
| HMCS Glace Bay (K414) | |
|---|---|
 Esmerelda, ex-HMCS Glace Bay (K414), in 1946 | |
| Career (Canada) |  Royal Canadian Navy |
| Namesake: | Glace Bay, Nova Scotia |
| Ordered: | June 1942 |
| Builder: | Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd., Lauzon, Quebec |
| Laid down: | 23 September 1943 |
| Launched: | 26 April 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 2 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 November 1945 |
| Honors and awards: | Atlantic 1944–1945 |
| Fate: | sold to Chilean Navy |
| Career (Chile) |  Chilean Navy |
| Name: | Esmerelda |
| Acquired: | 1946 |
| Out of service: | 29 November 1968 |
| Renamed: | Baquedano (1952) |
| Fate: | sold for breaking up 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | River class frigate |
| Displacement: | 1445 |
| Length: | 301.5 ft (91.90 m)o/a |
| Beam: | 36.6 ft (11.16 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft (2.74 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft (3.96 m) |
| Installed power: | 5500 HP |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Admiralty Boilers |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37.0 km/h) |
| Range: | 7,200 nautical miles (13,334 km) at 11 knots (20.4 km/h) |
| Complement: | 8 (Officers) |
| Crew: | 133 (Crew) |
| Armament: |
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HMCS Glace Bay was a River class frigate built for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in 1943. Commissioned in 1944 she served in the Battle of the Atlantic until the end of World War II.
In 1946 the ship was purchased by the Chilean Navy and renamed Esmerelda. When the barquentine Esmeralda (BE-43) was launched in 1953, the frigate was renamed Baquedano and continued to serve with the Chilean Navy before being paid off and scrapped in 1968.
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Department of History & Heritage - HMCS Glace Bay
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