HMCS Outremont

	HMCS Outremont
History
Canada
Name	Outremont
Namesake	Outremont, Quebec
Ordered	October 1941
Builder	Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Quebec City
Laid down	18 November 1942
Launched	3 July 1943
Commissioned	27 November 1943
Decommissioned	5 November 1945
Identification	pennant number: K 322
Recommissioned	2 December 1955
Decommissioned	7 June 1965
Reclassified	Prestonian-class frigate 1955
Identification	pennant number: FFE 310
Motto	"Proud to serve"
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1944, Arctic 1944, Normandy 1944
Fate	Sold, scrapped 1966
Badge	Party per chevron or and vert, in chief surmounting the peak of the chevron an ancient crown gules and in base a peacock in his pride, or
General characteristics
Class and 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 × QF 4 in (102 mm)/45 Mk. XVI on twin mount HA/LA Mk.XIX; 1 × QF 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) 12 cwt /40 Mk. V on mounting HA/LA Mk.IX (not all ships); 8 × 20 mm QF Oerlikon A/A on twin mounts Mk.V; 1 × Hedgehog 24 spigot A/S projector; up to 150 depth charges;

HMCS Outremont was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and again from 1955–1965 as a Prestonian-class frigate. During the war she served primarily as a convoy escort. She was named for Outremont, Quebec.

Outremont was ordered in October 1941 as part of the 1942–1943 River-class building program. She was laid down on 18 November 1942 by Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co. at Quebec City and launched 3 July 1943. She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 27 November 1943 at Quebec City.

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