HMCS Magog (K673)

HMCS Magog (K673)
Magog after being torpedoed, October 1944
Career (Canada)
Namesake:	Magog, Quebec
Builder:	Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal
Laid down:	16 June 1943
Launched:	22 September 1943
Commissioned:	7 May 1944
Decommissioned:	20 December 1944
Identification:	Pennant number: K673
Honours and awards:	Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1944
Fate:	Torpedoed on 14 October 1944. Towed to Quebec City and declared a total loss.
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 Magog was a River-class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in 1944.

Named after the town of Magog, she was built by Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal, and was commissioned into the RCN at Quebec City on 7 May 1944 with the pennant number K673.

Magog was assigned to the RCN's Atlantic Fleet and received honours for service in the Battle of the Atlantic. She escorted Convoy ON.256 (Liverpool-New York City), joining the convoy from 8–9 October off eastern Canada. Several days later she escorted Convoy ONS.33 (Liverpool-Halifax), joining the convoy from 13–14 October in the same waters south of Newfoundland.

On 14 October 1944 Magog joined Convoy ONS.33G in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. At 1925 local time, Magog was torpedoed and damaged by U-1223, losing 65 feet (20 m) of her stern, killing 3 crew and injuring 3 others. After the Torpedoing the Magog was taken in tow first by HMCS Toronto, than HMCS Shawinigan to the safety of a bay, and later to Quebec by the salvage tug Lord Strathcona where she was eventually declared a total constructive loss.

Magog was decommissioned from the RCN on 20 December 1944 and scrapped.

Her only commanding officer was Lieutenant Lewis Dennis Quick, RCNR (20 March 1944 - 20 December 1944).

See also

• Fleet of the Royal Canadian Navy

References

• http://www.geocities.com/d_lacroix/anglais/hmcsmagog/index.html

External links

• www.hcmsmagog.com

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Royal Ceylon Navy / Sri Lanka Navy	Gajabahu (ex-Misnak) Mahasena (ex-Mivtakh)
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Egyptian Navy	Abikir (ex-Usk) Domiat (ex-Nith) Rashied (ex-Spey)
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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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