HMCS Snowberry
HMCS Snowberry in May 1943 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Snowberry |
| Namesake | Snowberry |
| Ordered | 22 January 1940 |
| Builder | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon |
| Laid down | 24 February 1940 |
| Launched | 8 August 1940 |
| Commissioned | 26 November 1940 |
| Out of service | loaned to Royal Canadian Navy 15 May 1941 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K166 |
| Fate | Returned from RCN June 1945. Scrapped in August 1947 at Middlesbrough. |
| Canada | |
| Name | Snowberry |
| Acquired | loaned from Royal Navy |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1941 |
| Out of service | returned to Royal Navy 27 June 1945 |
| Refit | Forecastle extended at Charleston on 14 May 1943. |
| Identification | Pennant number: K166 |
| Honours & awards | Atlantic 1941-44, Biscay 1943, English Channel 1945; Gulf of St. Lawrence 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Flower-class corvette (original) |
| Displacement | 925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons) |
| Length | 205 ft (62.48 m)o/a |
| Beam | 33 ft (10.06 m) |
| Draught | 11.5 ft (3.51 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16 knots (29.6 km/h) |
| Range | 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h) |
| Complement | 85 |
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| Armament |
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HMCS Snowberry was a Flower-class corvette that was originally built for the Royal Navy, but spent most of the war in service with the Royal Canadian Navy. She fought primarily as a convoy escort during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic.