HMCS St. Thomas (K488)
HMCS St. Thomas was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Canadian Navy. She served during the Second World War in the Battle of the Atlantic, taking part in the sinking of the German U-boat U-877 in 1944. Initially ordered by the British Royal Navy as Sandgate Castle, the ship was transferred to Canada before completion. Following the war, the corvette was converted for mercantile use and renamed Camosun III, then Chilcotin and Yukon Star in 1958 before being broken up in Washington in 1974.
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HMCS St. Thomas (K488)
HMCS St. Thomas was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Canadian Navy. She served during the Second World War in the Battle of the Atlantic, taking part in the sinking of the German U-boat U-877 in 1944. Initially ordered by the British Royal Navy as Sandgate Castle, the ship was transferred to Canada before completion. Following the war, the corvette was converted for mercantile use and renamed Camosun III, then Chilcotin and Yukon Star in 1958 before being broken up in Washington in 1974.
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HMCS St. Thomas was a Castle-c ...... oken up in Washington in 1974.
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Le HMCS St. Thomas est une cor ...... de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
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commissioning date
1944-05-04
decommissioning date
1945-11-22
laying down
1943-06-23
length (μ)
7.68096e+1
order date
1943-01-19
ship beam (μ)
1.09728e+1
ship launched
1943-12-28
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Broken up 1974 atTacoma, Washington
Sold into mercantile service in 1946
Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy
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28,236,327
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739,302,240
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Ship armament
*1 × QF 4-inch Mk XIX gun
*1 × ...... 0 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon
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Ship honours
Atlantic 1944-45
Ship identification
pennant number: K 488
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Ship out of service
Ship power
*2 × water-tube boilers
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Ship propulsion
*1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine
*Single screw
Ship sensors
*Type 272 radar
*Type 145 sonar
*Type 147B sonar
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HMCS St. Thomas was a Castle-c ...... oken up in Washington in 1974.
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Le HMCS St. Thomas est une cor ...... de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
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HMCS St. Thomas (K488)
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HMCS St. Thomas (K488)
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*Camosun III (1946)
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*Chilcotin (1958)
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*Yukon Star (1958)
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Sandgate Castle
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St. Thomas
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