HMCS Trillium

Officers on the open bridge of HMCS Trillium
History
United Kingdom
Name	Trillium
Namesake	flowering plant genus Trillium
Ordered	20 January 1940
Builder	Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal
Laid down	20 February 1940
Launched	26 June 1940
Commissioned	31 October 1940
Out of service	loaned to Royal Canadian Navy 15 May 1941
Identification	Pennant number: K172
Fate	Returned from RCN June 1945. Sold for civilian use, scrapped 1971
Canada
Name	Trillium
Commissioned	15 May 1941
Out of service	Returned to the Royal Navy 27 June 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K172
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1940-45[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette (original)[2]
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion	single shaft 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	85
Sensors and processing systems	1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX single gun 2 × .50 cal machine gun (twin) 2 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun (twin) 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 × Depth charge rails with 40 depth charges originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed

HMCS Trillium was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served mainly as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was one of ten corvettes loaned to the Canadian navy by the Royal Navy and the only one which remained an ocean escort throughout the war. She was named after the flowering plant genus Trillium, which includes wakerobin, tri flower, and birthroot.