GIFFARD
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Shipownervessel built for
Admiralty
Date1943
Object NameCORVETTE
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 190' x breadth 33' x depth 17'6"
Gross Tonnage: 870 ton
Gross Tonnage: 870 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001574
Keywords
Yard Number: 688
Previous Name: Originally named BUDDLEIA - renamed September 1943.
Fate: Scrapped October 1952 at Hamilton, Ontario.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Modified Flower Class Corvette
Owners:
1943-46: Royal Canadian Navy.
Notes: Triple expansion engines with 4 cylinders of 18", 31", 38½" and 38½" diameters, 30" stroke. 2 water tube boilers (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
1908
March 1917
