HMCS Battleford (K165) ( eng. His Majesty the Canadian Battleford Battle Ship ) is a Flower-type corvette that served in Canada's Naval Forces during World War II. Named after the city of Battleford in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan .
| HMCS Battleford | |
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| HMCS Battleford (K165) | |
| Service | |
 Canada | |
| Title | HMCS Battleford |
| original name | HMCS Battleford (K165) |
| Class and type of vessel | flower corvette [1] |
| Organization | Canadian Naval Forces (1941–1945) |
| Manufacturer | Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. , Collingwood, Ontario |
| Ordered to build | February 1, 1940 |
| Construction started | September 30, 1940 |
| Launched | April 15, 1941 |
| Commissioned | July 31, 1941 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | July 18, 1945 |
| Status | sold to the Venezuelan Navy |
| Awards and honors | British Military Honors: Atlantic 1941-1945 [2] |
| Service | |
 Venezuela | |
| Title | Libertad |
| original name | Fnv libertad |
| Class and type of vessel | flower corvette [1] |
| Organization | Venezuelan Navy |
| Manufacturer | |
| Commissioned | 1946 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | April 12, 1949 |
| Status | sank |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 940 t |
| Length | 62.48 m |
| Width | 10.06 m |
| Draft | 3.51 m |
| Engines | 2 Scotch boilers, four stroke triple expansion steam engine |
| Power | 2750 liters with. (2050 kW) |
| Mover | one screw |
| Speed | 16 knots |
| Sailing range | 3,500 nautical miles at 12 knots |
| Crew | 85 people (including 6 officers) |
| Armament | |
| Radar weapons | Type SW1C or 2C radar, Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar |
| Artillery | 4 "naval gun Mk IX |
| Flak | 2 coaxial Vickers .50 machine guns 4 x Lewis Machine Guns ( 303rd caliber ) |
| Anti-submarine weapons | 2 Mk.II bombers (two holes for dropping 40 depth charges) |
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Construction
“Battleford” was commissioned on February 1, 1940 as part of the program for the construction of “Flower” type corvettes for 1939 and 1940. Laid on September 30, 1940 by Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. in Collingswood, Ontario. It was launched on April 15, 1941 and accepted into the Canadian Naval Forces on July 31, 1941 [3] . The first repair took place from January to March 1942 in Liverpool (Nova Scotia), further repairs took place in Cardiff . In April 1943, the ship underwent a two-month inspection, in April 1944 the corvette was under repair in Sydney (Nova Scotia), then a larger tank was installed [4] .
War Service
Battleford escorted merchant convoys between Halifax and the Western Approaches . For some time he was in the Sydney convoy forces, until he transferred to Newfoundland convoy forces. He participated in the battle for the convoy SC-57, accompanied two more convoys before the first repair. After the repair, he was based in Tobermory, until in July 1942 he transferred to the Central Ocean Convoy Forces, to group C1. “Battleford” was involved in the flooding of the U-356 submarine during the defense of the ON-154 convoy, and also accompanied the convoys SC-94, HX-222 and KMS-10G. In May 1943, left Group C1 and escorted North American coastal convoys along with Western local convoy forces and Group W-3 until the very end of the war [4] [5] .
Transatlantic convoys
| Convoy | Escort group | date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC 57 | November 28 — December 9, 1941 [6] | 3 ships torpedoed and sank on the way from Newfoundland to Iceland | |
| ON 48 | December 24–31, 1941 [7] | 49 ships reached without loss from Newfoundland to Iceland | |
| SC 80 | April 22 — May 3, 1942 [8] | 29 ships reached without loss from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland | |
| ON 112 | MOEF Group C1 | July 14–25, 1942 [7] | 36 ships reached without loss from Northern Ireland to Newfoundland |
| SC 94 | MOEF Group C1 | August 2-12, 1942 [8] | 10 ships torpedoed and sank on the way from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland |
| ON 123 | MOEF Group C1 | August 22–31, 1942 [7] | 39 ships without loss from Northern Ireland to Newfoundland |
| SC 99 | MOEF Group C1 | September 9-19, 1942 [6] | 59 ships without loss from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland |
| ON 133 | MOEF Group C1 | September 26 — October 5, 1942 [7] | 35 ships reached without loss from Northern Ireland to Newfoundland |
| Hx 211 | MOEF Group C1 | October 13–20, 1942 [8] | 29 ships reached without loss from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland |
| ON 143 | MOEF Group C1 | November 2–11, 1942 [7] | 26 ships reached without loss from Northern Ireland to Newfoundland |
| SC 110 | MOEF Group C1 | November 24 — December 5, 1942 [6] | 33 ships reached lossless from Halifax to Newfoundland |
| ON 154 | MOEF Group C1 | December 19-30, 1942 [7] | 14 ships torpedoed, 13 sank on the way from Northern Ireland to Newfoundland |
| Hx 222 | MOEF Group C1 | January 11–22, 1943 [8] | One ship torpedoed and sank on the way from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland |
| KMS 10G | MOEF Group C1 | February 28 — March 8, 1943 [9] | 4 ships torpedoed, one sank on the way from Liverpool to the Mediterranean Sea |
| MKS 9 | MOEF Group C1 | March 8-18, 1943 [10] | 55 ships reached without loss from the Mediterranean Sea to Liverpool |
| ONS 2 | MOEF Group C1 | March 29 — April 14, 1943 [7] | 31 ships without loss from Northern Ireland to Newfoundland |
Post-War Service
On July 18, 1945, “Battleford” was removed from the Canadian Navy in Sorel, Quebec [4] . After the war, the Navy of Venezuela was sold and received the name Libertad ( Spanish: Libertad ). Other ships sold to Venezuela were Algoma (Constitution, June 1945), Kamzak (Carabobo, sank in December 1945 during delivery), Amherst (Federation, 1946), Danwegan (“Independence”), “Oakville” (“Patria”) and “Vetaskivin” (“Victoria”). Sank on April 12, 1949 [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Lenton, HT British and Dominion Warships of World War II / HT Lenton, JJ Colledge. - Doubleday & Company, 1968 .-- P. 201, 212.
- ↑ Battle Honors . Britain's Navy . Date of treatment August 23, 2013.
- ↑ HMCS Battleford (K 165) . Uboat.net . Date of treatment August 23, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Macpherson, Ken. The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910-1981: a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships / Ken Macpherson, John Burgess. - Toronto: Collins, 1981. - P. 71. - ISBN 0-00216-856-1 .
- ↑ Convoy Web . Andrew Hague Convoy Database. Date of treatment June 27, 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 3 SC convoys . Andrew Hague Convoy Database. Date of treatment June 19, 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ON convoys unspecified . Andrew Hague Convoy Database. Date of treatment June 19, 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 HX convoys . Andrew Hague Convoy Database. Date of treatment June 19, 2011.
- ↑ KMS convoys . Andrew Hague Convoy Database. Date of treatment July 7, 2011.
- ↑ MKS convoys . Andrew Hague Convoy Database. Date of treatment July 7, 2011.
Links
- Canadian Navy Heritage Project: Ship Technical Information (link not available)
- Canadian Navy Heritage Project: Photo Archive (link not available)