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Beacon Hill 1950s

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Alexandria (RCN)		183	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
Antigonish (RCN)	K661, 1948- F661, 1951- FFE301	93	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	10.1943	10.2.1944	7.1944	paid off 11.1966, sold 1967
Beacon Hill (RCN)	K407, 1948- F407, 1951- FFE303	91	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	7.1943	6.11.1943	5.1944	paid off 9.1967, sold 1968
Buckingham (ex-Royal Mount) (RCN)	K685, 1948- F685, 1951- FFE314	558	Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada	11.1943	28.4.1944	11.1944	paid off 3.1965, BU 1966
Cap de la Madeleine (RCN)	K663, 1948- F663, 1951- FFE317	31	Morton, Quebec City, Canada	11.1943	13.5.1944	9.1944	paid off 5.1965, BU 1966
Capilano (RCN)	K409	95	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	11.1943	8.4.1944	8.1944	paid off 11.1945, sold mercantile 1947
Carlplace (RCN)	K664	561	Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada	11.1943	6.7.1944	12.1944	paid off 11.1945, to Dominican Republic 1946 (Presidente Trujillo)
Charlottetown (RCN)	K244	23	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	1.1943	16.9.1943	4.1944	paid off 3.1947, scuttled as breakwater 1948
Chebogue (RCN)	K317	88	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	3.1943	16.8.1943	2.1944	CTL 4.10.1944
Coaticook (RCN)	K410	553	Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada	6.1943	25.11.1943	7.1944	paid off 11.1945, sold 1947
Eastview (RCN)	K665	174	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	8.1943	17.11.1943	6.1944	paid off 1.1946, scuttled as breakwater 1948
Fort Erie (ex-La Tuque) (RCN)	K670, 1948- F670, 1951- FFE312	28	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	11.1943	27.5.1944	10.1944	paid off 3.1965, BU 1966
Foster (RCN)		567	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
Glace Bay (ex-Lauzon) (RCN)	K414	27	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	9.1943	26.4.1944	9.1944	paid off 11.1945, to Chile 1946 (Esmeralda)
Hallowell (RCN)	K666	178	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	11.1943	28.3.1944	8.1944	sold mercantile 11.1945, to Israel 1949 (מזנק [Misnak])
Hardrock (RCN)		182	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
Henryville (RCN)		564	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
Inch Arran (RCN)	K667, 1948- F667, 1951- FFE308	559	Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada	10.1943	6.6.1944	11.1944	paid off 6.1965, sold 1966
Joliette (RCN)	K418	30	Morton, Quebec City, Canada	7.1943	12.11.1943	6.1944	paid off 11.1945, to Chile 1946 (Iquique)
Jonquière (RCN)	K318, 1948- F318, 1951- FFE318	24	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	1.1943	28.10.1943	5.1944	paid off 9.1966, sold 1967
Kirkland Lake (ex-St. Jerome) (RCN)	K337	43	Morton, Quebec City, Canada	11.1943	27.4.1944	8.1944	paid off 12.1945, BU 1947
Kokanee (RCN)	K419	92	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	8.1943	27.11.1943	6.1944	sold mercantile 12.1945, to India 1950 (Bengal)
La Hulloise (RCN)	K668, 1948- F668, 1951- FFE305	173	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	8.1943	29.10.1943	5.1944	paid off 7.1965, BU 1966
Lanark (RCN)	K669, 1948- F669, 1951- FFE321	176	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	9.1943	10.12.1943	7.1944	paid off 3.1965, BU 1966
La Salle (RCN)	K519	552	Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada	6.1943	12.11.1943	6.1944	paid off 12.1945, scuttled as breakwater 1948
Lauzon (ex-Glace Bay) (RCN)	K371, 1948- F371, 1951- FFE322	26	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	7.1943	10.6.1944	8.1944	paid off 5.1963, sold 1963
Le Havre (RCN)		99	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
Levis (RCN)	K400	25	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	2.1943	26.11.1943	7.1944	paid off 2.1946, scuttled as breakwater 1948
Lingabar (RCN)		565	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
Longueuil (RCN)	K672	172	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	7.1943	30.10.1943	5.1944	paid off 12.1945, BU 1948
Magog (RCN)	K673	171	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	6.1943	22.9.1943	5.1944	CTL 14.10.1944
Merrittonia (RCN)		570	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
Northumberland (RCN)		98	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
Orkney (RCN)	K448	90	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	5.1943	18.9.1943	4.1944	paid off 1.1946, sold mercantile 1947, to Israel 1950 (מבטח [Mivtakh])
Penetang (ex-Rouyn) (RCN)	K676, 1948- F676, 1951- FFE307	557	Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada	9.1943	6.7.1944	10.1944	to Norway 1.1956 (Draug)
Pesquaid (RCN)		97	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
Plessiville (RCN)		563	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
Poundmaker (RCN)	K675	180	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	1.1944	21.4.1944	9.1944	paid off 11.1945, to Peru 1947 (Ferré)
Prestonian (ex-Beauharnois) (RCN)	K662, 1948- F662, 1951- FFE316	555	Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada	7.1943	22.6.1944	9.1944	to Norway 4.1956 (Troll)
Ranney Falls (RCN)		569	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
Royal Mount (ex-Alvington) (RCN)	K677	179	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	1.1944	15.4.1944	8.1944	paid off 11.1945, BU 1947
Runnymede (RCN)	K678	175	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	9.1943	27.11.1943	6.1944	paid off 1.1946, BU 1948
St. Agathe (RCN)		44	Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
St. Édouard (RCN)		566	Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
St. Pierre (RCN)	K680	554	Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada	6.1943	1.12.1943	8.1944	paid off 11.1945, to Peru 1947 (Palacios)
St. Romuald (RCN)		31	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
St. Stephen (RCN)	K454	94	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	10.1943	6.2.1943	7.1944	paid off 1.1946, meteorological vessel 1947
Ste. Thérèse (RCN)	K366, 1948- F366, 1951- FFE309	551	Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada	5.1943	16.10.1943	5.1944	paid off 1.1967, sold 1967
Sea Cliff (ex-Meganic) (RCN)	K344	556	Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada	7.1943	8.7.1944	9.1944	paid off 11.1945, to Chile 1946 (Covadonga)
Shipton (RCN)			Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
Springhill (RCN)	K323	89	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	5.1943	7.9.1943	3.1944	paid off 12.1945, BU 1948
Stettler (RCN)	K681, 1948- F681, 1951- FFE311	170	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	5.1943	10.9.1943	5.1944	paid off 8.1966, sold 1967
Stonetown (RCN)	K531, 1948- F531, 1951- FFE302	177	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	11.1943	28.3.1944	7.1944	paid off 11.1945, meteorological vessel 1950
Strathadam (RCN)	K682	96	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	12.1943	20.3.1944	9.1944	paid off 11.1945, sold mercantile 1947, to Israel 1950 (משגב [Misgav])
Sussexvale (RCN)		568	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
Sussexvale (ex-Valdorian) (RCN)	K683, 1948- F683, 1951- FFE313	560	Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada	11.1943	12.7.1944	11.1944	paid off 11.1966, sold 1967
Thetford Mines  (RCN)	K459	29	Morton, Quebec City, Canada	7.1943	30.10.1943	5.1944	paid off 11.1945, sold mercantile 1946
Tisdale (RCN)		181	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
Toronto (ex-Giffard) (RCN)	K538, 1948- F538, 1951- FFE319	550	Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada	5.1943	18.9.1943	5.1944	to Norway 4.1956 (Garm)
Victoriaville (RCN)	K684, 1948- F684, 1951- FFE320	29	G T Davie, Lauzon, Canada	12.1943	23.6.1944	11.1944	diving tender Granby 12.1966
Westbury (RCN)		30	Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
Westville (RCN)		562	Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled
Wulastock (RCN)		100	Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada	---	---	---	cancelled

Technical data

Data variant	as completed	1953-1959 modernization
Displacement standard, t	1310 - 1460	1570
Displacement full, t	1920 - 2180	2360
Length, m	86.3 pp 91.8 oa	91.8
Breadth, m	11.2	11.2
Draught, m	3.61 - 3.89 deep load	4.90 max deep load
No of shafts	2	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	5500	5500
Max speed, kts	20	20
Fuel, t	oil 646	oil 720
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150) Antigonish, Glace Bay, Hallowell, Joliette, Kirkland Lake, Kokanee, Lauzon, Longueuil, Orkney, Poundmaker, Sea Cliff, Thetford Mines and, may be, some others: 1 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150)	1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 3 ASWRL
Electronic equipment	SU radar, type 144 sonar	SU, SPQ-2, type 275, type 262 radars, TDY-1 ECM suite, type 147B, type 162, type 164B sonars
Complement	140	140

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Project history Design of "River" class frigate was developed in 1941 when it became clear, that for service in Atlantic escorts are required larger than "Flower&

Design of "River" class frigate was developed in 1941 when it became clear, that for service in Atlantic escorts are required larger than "Flower" class corvettes. Significantly increased dimensions have allowed to improve seaworthiness and habitability, to place additional armament and to fit twin-shaft machinery (actually doubled machinery of "Flower" class corvettes) and to increase speed to 20kts. Originally known as "twin-screw corvettes", "River" class ships, as well as their predecessors, created by merchant standards, but their hulls had lines more habitual for a warship, and its L/B ratio has increased from 6 to 8. Thus the building technology, as well as  corvettes, as much as possible adapted for usage on the yards which do not have experience of naval shipbuilding. Frigates of 3rd group were built in Canada for own navy and differed from earlier ships by replacement of two single-purpose 102mm/40 guns  by one twin 102mm/45 mount on a forecastle and 76mm gun aft (latter was installed not on all ships). Order for 20 more frigates of 3rd group was cancelled in December 1943 - January, 1944. Modernizations: 1943 - 1944, all survived ships: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV

1953, Lauzon, Toronto; 1954, Buckingham, Cap de la Madeleine, Inch Arran, Jonquiere, Stettler; 1955, Ste. Therese, Sussexvale; 1956, Fort Erie, Lanark, Penetang, Prestonian; 1957, Antigonish, Beacon Hill, La Hulloise; 1959, Victoriaville, as given in the table.

1956, Buckingham: flight deck for HO4S Whirlwind helicopter was fitted.

Naval service

Chebogue was torpedoed by German submarine U1227 and Magog by U1223.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.