HMCS Owen Sound

HMCS Owen Sound
History
Canada
Name	HMCS Owen Sound
Namesake	Owen Sound, Ontario
Ordered	2 January 1942
Builder	Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Collingwood
Laid down	11 November 1942
Launched	15 June 1943
Commissioned	17 November 1943
Decommissioned	19 July 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K340
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1944–45[1]
Fate	Sold for mercantile use 1946, scrapped 1974
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette (modified)
Displacement	1,015 long tons (1,031 t; 1,137 short tons)
Length	208 ft (63.40 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.35 m)
Propulsion	single shaft 2 × oil fired water tube boilers 1 triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	7,400 nautical miles (13,705 km) at 10 knots (18.5 km/h)
Complement	90
Sensors and processing systems	1 Type 271 SW2C radar 1 Type 144 sonar
Armament	1 × 4 in (102 mm) QF Mk XIX naval gun 1 × 2-pounder Mk.VIII single "pom-pom" 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon single 1 × Hedgehog A/S mortar 4 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge rails with 70 depth charges

HMCS Owen Sound was a modified Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She fought primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as a convoy escort. She was named for Owen Sound, Ontario.