HMCS Fort Frances (J396)
Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper
HMCS Fort Frances (J396) was an Algerine-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.
 HMCS Fort Frances
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| History | |
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 Canada | |
| 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[1][2] |
| 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[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Algerine-class minesweeper |
| Displacement |
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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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References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arbuckle, p. 38
- ↑ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
