HMCS Sackville K-181 |
Type: |
Corvette |
Class: |
Flower |
Builder: |
St. John Drydock & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. St. John, New Brunswick, Canada |
Hull Number: |
K-181 |
Ordered: |
January 24, 1940 |
Commissioned: |
December 30, 1941 |
Keel Laid: |
May 28, 1940 |
Decommissioned: |
April 8, 1946 |
Launched: |
May 15, 1941 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
On display at Halifax Harbor Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Sackville is the last surviving Flower class corvette in the world. |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
205' 6" |
Engines: |
Reciprocating by Dominion Engineering |
Beam: |
33' |
Boilers: |
2 single ended |
Draft: |
13' 9" |
Shafts: |
1 |
Displacement: |
940 std. / 1,180 full |
SHP: |
2,750 |
Speed: |
16 knots |
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Crew: |
Up to 85 in wartime |
Range: |
5,000 NM @ 10 knots |
Notes |
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1953-1982: |
Used as a research ship. |
1982: |
Acquired by the Canadian Naval Corvette Trust and restored. |
Class Overview |
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Page revised Oct. 20, 2007 |