HMCS Fort Frances (J396) facts for kids
HMCS Fort Frances
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Name | Fort Frances |
Namesake | Fort Frances, Ontario |
Ordered | 25 November 1942 |
Builder | Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company Ltd. |
Laid down | 11 May 1943 |
Launched | 30 October 1943 |
Commissioned | 28 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 3 August 1945 |
Recommissioned | 23 October 1945 |
Decommissioned | 5 April 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number: J396 |
Honours and awards |
Atlantic 1945 |
Fate | Transferred to Department of Mines and Technical Surveys 1948 |
Badge | Azure, a unicorn's head erased argent, armed and crine, or langued gules, gorged with a plain collar of gold on which a plate edged or and charged with a maple leaf gules |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Algerine-class minesweeper |
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Length | 225 ft (69 m) o/a |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
Draught | 12.25 ft 6 in (3.89 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 85 |
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HMCS Fort Frances (J396) was an Algerine-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.
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