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
Crew:
Up to 85 in wartime
Range:
5,000 NM @ 10 knots


Notes
1953-1982:
Used as a research ship.
1982:
Acquired by the Canadian Naval Corvette Trust and restored.


Class Overview
Page revised Oct. 20, 2007