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Beacon Hill 1950s

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Alexandria			Canadian Vickers, Montreal	---	---	---	cancelled
Antigonish	K661, 1950- FFE301		Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt	10.1943	10.2.1944	7.1944	paid off 11.1966, sold 1967
Beacon Hill	K407, 1950- FFE303		Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt	7.1943	6.11.1943	5.1944	paid off 9.1967, sold 1968
Buckingham (ex-Royal Mount)	K685, 1950- FFE314		Davie SB, Lauzon	11.1943	28.4.1944	11.1944	paid off 3.1965, BU 1966
Cap de la Madeleine	K663, 1950- FFE317		Morton, Quebec City	11.1943	13.5.1944	9.1944	paid off 5.1965, BU 1966
Capilano	K409		Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt	11.1943	8.4.1944	8.1944	paid off 11.1945, sold mercantile 1947
Carlplace	K664		Davie SB, Lauzon	11.1943	6.7.1944	12.1944	paid off 11.1945, to Dominican Republic 1946 (Presidente Trujillo)
Charlottetown	K244		G T Davie, Lauzon	1.1943	16.9.1943	4.1944	paid off 3.1947, scuttled as breakwater 1948
Chebogue	K317		Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt	3.1943	16.8.1943	2.1944	CTL 4.10.1944
Coaticook	K410		Davie SB, Lauzon	6.1943	25.11.1943	7.1944	paid off 11.1945, sold 1947
Eastview	K665		Canadian Vickers, Montreal	8.1943	17.11.1943	6.1944	paid off 1.1946, scuttled as breakwater 1948
Fort Erie (ex-La Tuque)	K670, 1950- FFE312		G T Davie, Lauzon	11.1943	27.5.1944	10.1944	paid off 3.1965, BU 1966
Foster			G T Davie, Lauzon	---	---	---	cancelled
Glace Bay (ex-Lauzon)	K414		G T Davie, Lauzon	9.1943	26.4.1944	9.1944	paid off 11.1945, to Chile 1946 (Esmeralda)
Hallowell	K666		Canadian Vickers, Montreal	11.1943	28.3.1944	8.1944	sold mercantile 11.1945, to Israel 1949 (מזנק [Misnak])
Hardrock			Canadian Vickers, Montreal	---	---	---	cancelled
Henryville			G T Davie, Lauzon	---	---	---	cancelled
Inch Arran	K667, 1950- FFE308		Davie SB, Lauzon	10.1943	6.6.1944	11.1944	paid off 6.1965, sold 1966
Joliette	K418		Morton, Quebec City	7.1943	12.11.1943	6.1944	paid off 11.1945, to Chile 1946 (Iquique)
Jonquiere	K318, 1950- FFE318		G T Davie, Lauzon	1.1943	28.10.1943	5.1944	paid off 9.1966, sold 1967
Kirkland Lake (ex-St. Jerome)	K337		Morton, Quebec City	11.1943	27.4.1944	8.1944	paid off 12.1945, BU 1947
Kokanee	K419		Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt	8.1943	27.11.1943	6.1944	sold mercantile 12.1945, to India 1950 (Bengal)
La Hulloise	K668, 1950- FFE305		Canadian Vickers, Montreal	8.1943	29.10.1943	5.1944	paid off 7.1965, BU 1966
Lanark	K669, 1950- FFE321		Canadian Vickers, Montreal	9.1943	10.12.1943	7.1944	paid off 3.1965, BU 1966
La Salle	K519		Davie SB, Lauzon	6.1943	12.11.1943	6.1944	paid off 12.1945, scuttled as breakwater 1948
Lauzon (ex-Glace Bay)	K371, 1950- FFE322		G T Davie, Lauzon	7.1943	10.6.1944	8.1944	paid off 5.1963, sold 1963
Le Havre			Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt	---	---	---	cancelled
Levis	K400		G T Davie, Lauzon	2.1943	26.11.1943	7.1944	paid off 2.1946, scuttled as breakwater 1948
Lingabar			G T Davie, Lauzon	---	---	---	cancelled
Longueuil	K672		Canadian Vickers, Montreal	7.1943	30.10.1943	5.1944	paid off 12.1945, BU 1948
Magog	K673		Canadian Vickers, Montreal	6.1943	22.9.1943	5.1944	CTL 14.10.1944
Merrittonia			G T Davie, Lauzon	---	---	---	cancelled
Northumberland			Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt	---	---	---	cancelled
Orkney	K448		Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt	5.1943	18.9.1943	4.1944	paid off 1.1946, sold mercantile 1947, to Israel 1950 (מבטח [Mivtakh])
Penetang (ex-Rouyn)	K676, 1950- FFE307		Davie SB, Lauzon	9.1943	6.7.1944	10.1944	to Norway 1.1956 (Draug)
Pesaquid			Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt	---	---	---	cancelled
Plessiville			G T Davie, Lauzon	---	---	---	cancelled
Poundmaker	K675		Canadian Vickers, Montreal	1.1944	21.4.1944	9.1944	paid off 11.1945, to Peru 1947 (Ferré)
Prestonian (ex-Beauharnois)	K662, 1950- FFE316		Davie SB, Lauzon	7.1943	22.6.1944	9.1944	to Norway 4.1956 (Troll)
Ranney Falls			G T Davie, Lauzon	---	---	---	cancelled
Royal Mount (ex-Alvington)	K677		Canadian Vickers, Montreal	1.1944	15.4.1944	8.1944	paid off 11.1945, BU 1947
Runnymede	K678		Canadian Vickers, Montreal	9.1943	27.11.1943	6.1944	paid off 1.1946, BU 1948
St. Agathe			Davie SB, Lauzon	---	---	---	cancelled
St. Edouard			Davie SB, Lauzon	---	---	---	cancelled
St. Pierre	K680		Davie SB, Lauzon	6.1943	1.12.1943	8.1944	paid off 11.1945, to Peru 1947 (Palacios)
St. Romauld			G T Davie, Lauzon	---	---	---	cancelled
St. Stephen	K454		Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt	10.1943	6.2.1943	7.1944	paid off 1.1946, meteorological vessel 1947
Ste. Therese	K366, 1950- FFE309		Davie SB, Lauzon	5.1943	16.10.1943	5.1944	paid off 1.1967, sold 1967
Sea Cliff (ex-Meganic)	K344		Davie SB, Lauzon	7.1943	8.7.1944	9.1944	paid off 11.1945, to Chile 1946 (Covadonga)
Shipton			Davie SB, Lauzon	---	---	---	cancelled
Springhill	K323		Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt	5.1943	7.9.1943	3.1944	paid off 12.1945, BU 1948
Stettler	K681, 1950- FFE311		Canadian Vickers, Montreal	5.1943	10.9.1943	5.1944	paid off 8.1966, sold 1967
Stonetown	K531, 1950- FFE302		Canadian Vickers, Montreal	11.1943	28.3.1944	7.1944	paid off 11.1945, meteorological vessel 1950
Strathadam	K682		Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt	12.1943	20.3.1944	9.1944	paid off 11.1945, sold mercantile 1947, to Israel 1950 (משגב [Misgav])
Sussexvale			G T Davie, Lauzon	---	---	---	cancelled
Sussexvale (ex-Valdorian)	K683, 1950- FFE313		Davie SB, Lauzon	11.1943	12.7.1944	11.1944	paid off 11.1966, sold 1967
Thetford Mines	K459		Morton, Quebec City	7.1943	30.10.1943	5.1944	paid off 11.1945, sold mercantile 1946
Tisdale			Canadian Vickers, Montreal	---	---	---	cancelled
Toronto (ex-Giffard)	K538, 1950- FFE319		Davie SB, Lauzon	5.1943	18.9.1943	5.1944	to Norway 4.1956 (Garm)
Victoriaville	K684, 1950- FFE320		G T Davie, Lauzon	12.1943	23.6.1944	11.1944	diving tender Granby 12.1966
Westbury			Davie SB, Lauzon	---	---	---	cancelled
Westville			Davie SB, Lauzon	---	---	---	cancelled
Wulastock			Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt	---	---	---	cancelled

Technical data

Data variant	as completed	modernization 1953-1959
Displacement standard, t	1310 - 1460	1570
Displacement full, t	1920 - 2180	2360
Length, m	86.3 pp 91.8 oa	91.8
Breadth, m	11.2	11.2
Draught, m	3.61 - 3.89 deep load	4.90 max deep load
No of shafts	2	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	5500	5500
Max speed, kts	20	20
Fuel, t	oil 646	oil 720
Endurance, nm(kts)		9200(12)
Armament	1 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150) Antigonish, Glace Bay, Hallowell, Joliette, Kirkland Lake, Kokanee, Lauzon, Longueuil, Orkney, Poundmaker, Sea Cliff, Thetford Mines and, may be, some others: 1 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150)	1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 4 ASWRL
Electronic equipment	SU radar, type 144 sonar	SU, SPQ-2, type 275, type 262 radars, type 147, type 162, type 164B sonars, TDY-1 ECM suite
Complement	140	140

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Project history Design of "River" class frigate is developed in 1941 when it became clear, that for service in Atlantic escorts are required larger than "Flower&q

Design of "River" class frigate is developed in 1941 when it became clear, that for service in Atlantic escorts are required larger than "Flower" class corvettes. Significantly increased dimensions have allowed to improve seaworthiness and conditions of habitability of crew, to place additional armament and to fit twin-shaft machinery (actually doubled machinery of "Flower" class corvettes) and to increase speed to 20kts. An exception made 5 ships which have received more powerful turbine machinery. Originally known as "twin-screw corvettes", "River" class ships, as well as their predecessors, created on standards of merchant shipbuilding, but their hulls had outlines more habitual for a warship, and its slenderness has increased from 6 to 8. Thus the building technology, as well as  corvettes, as much as possible adapted for usage on the yards which do not have experience of construction of combat ships. Frigates of 3rd group were built in Canada for own fleet and differed from earlier ships by replacement of two single-purpose 102mm/40 guns  by one twin 102mm/45 mount on a forecastle and 76mm gun aft (last was put not by all ships). Order for 20 more frigates of group is cancelled in December 1943 - January, 1944. Modernizations: 1943 - 1944, all survived ships: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV

1953, Lauzon, Toronto; 1954, Buckingham, Cap de la Madeleine, Inch Arran, Jonquiere, Stettler; 1955, Ste. Therese, Sussexvale; 1956, Fort Erie, Lanark, Penetang, Prestonian; 1957, Antigonish, Beacon Hill, La Hulloise; 1959, Victoriaville, as given in the table.

1956, Buckingham: flight deck for HO4S Whirlwind helicopter was fitted.

Naval service

Chebogue was torpedoed 4.10.1944 by German submarine U1227 and Magog that day by U1223.

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