HMCS Mimico

	HMCS Mimico
History
Canada
Name	HMCS Mimico
Namesake	Mimico, Ontario
Ordered	15 May 1942
Builder	John Crown & Sons Ltd. Sunderland
Laid down	22 February 1943
Launched	11 October 1943
Commissioned	8 February 1944
Decommissioned	18 July 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K485
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1945, English Channel 1945
Fate	Sold for commercial use
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette (modified)
Displacement	1,015 long tons (1,031 t; 1,137 short tons)
Length	208 ft (63.40 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.35 m)
Propulsion	single shaft, 2 × oil fired water tube boilers, 1 triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	90
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × Type 271 SW2C radar; 1 × Type 144 sonar;
Armament	1 × 4 in (102 mm) BL Mk.IX single gun; 1 × 2-pounder Mk.VIII single "pom-pom"; 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon single; 1 × Hedgehog A/S mortar; 4 × Mk.II depth charge throwers; 2 Depth charge rails with 70 depth charges;

HMCS Mimico was a modified Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was originally laid down by the Royal Navy as HMS Bullrush but was never commissioned into the RN, being transferred to the RCN before completion. She is named for Mimico, Ontario, a town that was eventually amalgamated into the larger city Toronto, Ontario.

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