HMCS Ontario (C53)

	HMCS Ontario in 1951
History
United Kingdom
Name	Minotaur
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	1171
Laid down	20 November 1941
Launched	29 July 1943
Fate	Transferred to Royal Canadian Navy in July 1944
Canada
Name	Ontario
Acquired	July 1944
Commissioned	25 May 1945
Decommissioned	15 October 1958
Motto	"Ut incepit fidelis sic permanent" (Loyal she has been and remains so)
Fate	Scrapped, arriving at Osaka for breaking up on 19 November 1960
General characteristics
Class and type	Minotaur-class light cruiser
Displacement	8,800 tons standard; 11,130 tons full;
Length	555.5 ft (169.3 m)
Beam	63 ft (19 m)
Draught	17.25 ft (5.26 m)
Propulsion	Four Admiralty-type three drum boilers; Four shaft Parsons steam turbines; 72,500 shp (54,100 kW);
Speed	31.5 knots (58.3 km/h)
Range	2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) at 30 knots (60 km/h); 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h); 1,850 tons fuel oil;
Complement	867
Armament	Three triple 6-inch / 50 Mk 23 guns; Five dual 4-inch / 45 QF Mk 16 HA guns; Four quad QF 2-pdr guns; Six single 40 mm AA guns; Two triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	3.25–3.5-inch (83–89 mm) belt; 2-inch (51 mm) deck; 1–2-inch (25–51 mm) turrets; 1.5–2-inch (38–51 mm) bulkheads;

HMCS Ontario was a Minotaur-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy as HMS Minotaur (53), but transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on completion and renamed Ontario.

HMS Minotaur was laid down on 20 November 1941 by Harland & Wolff of Belfast and launched on 29 July 1943. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in July 1944, and completed and commissioned as Ontario on 25 May 1945 at Belfast.

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