HMCS Sackville

HMCS Sackville in October 2006, moored behind the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and restored to her 1944 condition.
History
Canada
Name	Sackville
Namesake	Sackville, New Brunswick
Builder	Saint John Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company Ltd.
Laid down	28 May 1940
Launched	15 May 1941
Commissioned	30 December 1941
Decommissioned	8 April 1946
Refit	Thompson Bros. Machinery Co. Ltd., Liverpool, Nova Scotia, commenced 14 January 1943, machinery replacement, minesweeping gear removed, bridge wings extended to fit Oerlikon 20 mm AA Galveston, Texas, 28 February 1944 – 7 May 1944, forecastle extended, new bridge, hedgehog fitted, mast moved abaft of bridge, new boats, new electronics
Identification	Pennant number: K181
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1942-44
Status	Museum ship, Halifax, Nova Scotia
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	950 tons
Length	62.5 m (205 ft 1 in)
Beam	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draught	3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	Single shaft, 2 fire tube Scotch boilers, 1 4-cyl. triple expansion steam engine, 2,750 hp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	85
Armament	1 BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX gun 1 QF Mk.VIII 2-pounder gun on antiaircraft mount 2 20 mm Oerlikon AA cannon 2 Lewis .303 cal twin machine guns 4 Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 depth charge rails with 40 depth charges 1 Mk 3 hedgehog
Notes	Now a museum ship owned by the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust, moored in season at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
National Historic Site of Canada
Official name	HMCS Sackville National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1988

HMCS Sackville is a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later served as a civilian research vessel. She is now a museum ship located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the last surviving Flower-class corvette.