HMCS New Glasgow
HMCS New Glasgow | |
| History | |
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| Canada | |
| Name | New Glasgow |
| Namesake | New Glasgow, Nova Scotia |
| Ordered | April 1942 |
| Builder | Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt |
| Yard number | 86 |
| Laid down | 2 December 1942 |
| Launched | 23 June 1943 |
| Commissioned | 22 December 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 4 November 1945 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K320 |
| Motto | Be worthy |
| Recommissioned | 30 January 1954 |
| Decommissioned | 30 January 1967 |
| Reclassified | Prestonian-class frigate |
| Identification | pennant number: FFE 315 |
| Motto | "Dum cano cavete" |
| Honours & awards | Atlantic, 1944-1945 |
| Fate | Sold, broken up Japan 1967 |
| Badge | Argent, on base barry wavy of five azure and argent, the hull of an ancient boat midship on which an oak tree with a red-breast on the tree-top all proper, a signet ring erect or on the forward deck and an ancient hand-bell proper on the after deck. |
| 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 New Glasgow was a River-class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and as a Prestonian-class frigate from 1955 to 1965. She was named for New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
New Glasgow was ordered in April 1942 as part of the 1943–1944 River-class building program. She was laid down on 2 December 1942 by Yarrows Ltd. at Esquimalt and launched 23 June 1943. New Glasgow was commissioned into the RCN at the Esquimalt naval base on 23 December 1943 with the pennant K320.