HMCS Fort Erie
| History | |
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| Canada | |
| Name | Fort Erie |
| Namesake | Fort Erie, Ontario |
| Ordered | June 1942 |
| Builder | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon |
| Laid down | 3 November 1943 |
| Launched | 27 May 1944 |
| Commissioned | 27 October 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 22 November 1945 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K670 |
| Recommissioned | 17 April 1956 |
| Decommissioned | 26 March 1965 |
| Reclassified | Prestonian-class frigate |
| Identification | pennant number: FFE 312 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, broken up La Spezia, Italy 1966 |
| Notes | Colours:Red and Black |
| Badge | Argent, out of a mural crown sable, a demi cat rampant guardant gules armed azure, collared and chained or, holding erect a trident azure, the base end resting on the mural crown. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | River-class frigate |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 36.5 ft (11.13 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
| Speed |
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| Range | 646 long tons (656 t; 724 short tons) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h) |
| Complement | 157 |
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HMCS Fort Erie was a River-class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and as a Prestonian-class frigate from 1956-1965. She was named for Fort Erie, Ontario.
Fort Erie was ordered in June 1942 as part of the 1943-1944 building program. She was laid down as La Tuque on 3 November 1943 by G T Davie Shipbuilding Ltd. at Lauzon and launched 27 May 1944. Her name was changed and she was commissioned as Fort Erie at Quebec City on 27 October 1944 with the pennant K670.