HMCS Vancouver (K240)

HMCS Vancouver was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She saw action primarily in both Atlantic and Pacific theatres. She was named for Vancouver, British Columbia. She was the second commissioned ship and the third overall to bear the name Vancouver.

For other ships with the same name, see HMCS Vancouver and HMCS Kitchener.

HMCS Vancouver
History
Canada
NameVancouver
NamesakeVancouver, British Columbia
BuilderYarrows Ltd., Esquimalt
Laid down16 June 1941
Launched26 August 1941
Commissioned20 March 1942
Decommissioned26 June 1945
IdentificationPennant number: K240
Honours and
awards		Aleutians 1942–43; Atlantic 1944–45
FateSold for scrapping 1946
General characteristics
Class and typeFlower-class corvette
Displacement950 long tons (970 t; 1,060 short tons)
Length203 ft (61.87 m)
Beam33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught13 ft (3.96 m)
Propulsion
  • 1940–1941 program
  • single shaft
  • 2 × water tube boilers
  • 1 × double acting triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
  • 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)
Range3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement5 officers, 61 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × SW1C or 2C radar
  • 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament
  • 1 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk.IX single gun
  • 1 × 2-pounder Mk.VIII single "pom-pom"
  • 4 × Mk.II depth charge throwers
  • 2 depth charge rails with 60 depth charges
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