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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

Object numberABDSHIP001574

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
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)

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