NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Georges Lecointe (ex-Wallaceburg)	F901		Port Arthur, Canada	7.1942	17.12.1942	11.1943 // 7.1959	stricken 1969
A. F. Dufour (ex-Winnipeg)	F903		Port Arthur, Canada	1.1942	19.9.1942	7.1943 // 7.1959	stricken 1966

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1030
Displacement full, t	1325
Length, m	68.6
Breadth, m	10.8
Draught, m	3.28 deep load (3.99 by screws)
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	2400
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	oil 230 - 239
Endurance, nm(kts)	6000(12)
Armament	1 x 1 - 102/45 HA Mk 3, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 5, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (90 - 92)
Electronic equipment	type 271 or type 272, type 291 (some) radars, type 128 sonar
Complement	138

Standard scale images

Project history

Former Canadian ocean patrols of Algerine class. Originally they were classed as minesweepers but served in RCN as patrols. They were commissioned by Belgian navy as frigates.

Modernizations

1966, Georges Lecointe: - 1 x 1 - 102/45; + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7

Naval service

No significant events.