HMCS Orkney (K448)
HMCS Orkney was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy as a convoy escort during the Second World War. She was named for Orkney, Saskatchewan. After the war she was purchased and used by the Israeli immigrant movement, then taken over by the nascent Israeli Navy and renamed Mivtah. She was sold by Israel to Ceylon who renamed her Mahasena.
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HMCS Orkney (K448)
HMCS Orkney was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy as a convoy escort during the Second World War. She was named for Orkney, Saskatchewan. After the war she was purchased and used by the Israeli immigrant movement, then taken over by the nascent Israeli Navy and renamed Mivtah. She was sold by Israel to Ceylon who renamed her Mahasena.
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HMCS Orkney was a River-class ...... at Victoria, British Columbia.
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commissioning date
1944-04-18
decommissioning date
1946-01-22
laying down
1943-05-19
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8.62584e+1
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1.11252e+1
ship launched
1943-09-18
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sold 1959 toCeylon
sold 1964, broken up inSingapore
sold, becameIsraeli immigrant ship Violetta 1947
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728,884,111
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* 2 × QF 4 in /45 Mk. XVI on ...... ctor
* up to 150 depth charges
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Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944, North Sea 1945
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pennant number:K-28
pennant number:K448
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HMCS Orkney was a River-class ...... ylon who renamed her Mahasena.
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HMCS Orkney (K448)
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Mahasena
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Mivtakh
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Orkney
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