HMCS Bittersweet
HMCS Bittersweet was a Flower-class corvette that was commissioned in the Royal Navy but served primarily in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She was used mainly in the Battle of the Atlantic as an ocean escort. She was named for flowering vines Solanum dulcamara and Celastrus scandens.
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HMCS Bittersweet
HMCS Bittersweet was a Flower-class corvette that was commissioned in the Royal Navy but served primarily in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She was used mainly in the Battle of the Atlantic as an ocean escort. She was named for flowering vines Solanum dulcamara and Celastrus scandens.
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HMCS Bittersweet was a Flower- ...... camara and Celastrus scandens.
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commissioning date
1941-01-23
1941-05-15
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decommissioning date
1941-05-15
1945-06-22
laying down
1940-04-17
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1940-01-22
ship beam (μ)
1,00584e+1
ship launched
1940-09-12
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Loaned to Canada 1941; Returned on 22 June 1945; scrapped November 1950.
returned to Royal Navy
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32.194.004
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739.738.969
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Ship acquired
loaned from Royal Navy
Ship armament
*1 × BL Mk.IX single gun
*2 × ...... nesweeping gear, later removed
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Ship identification
Pennant number: K182
Ship namesake
Flowering vines Solanum dulcamara and Celastrus scandens
Ship propulsion
*single shaft
*2 × fire tube S ...... n reciprocating steam engine
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Ship sensors
*1 × SW1C or 2C radar
*1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
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HMCS Bittersweet was a Flower- ...... camara and Celastrus scandens.
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HMCS Bittersweet
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Bittersweet
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