HMCS Outremont
HMCS Outremont | |
| History | |
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| Canada | |
| Name | Outremont |
| Namesake | Outremont, Quebec |
| Ordered | October 1941 |
| Builder | Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Quebec City |
| Laid down | 18 November 1942 |
| Launched | 3 July 1943 |
| Commissioned | 27 November 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 5 November 1945 |
| Identification | pennant number: K 322 |
| Recommissioned | 2 December 1955 |
| Decommissioned | 7 June 1965 |
| Reclassified | Prestonian-class frigate 1955 |
| Identification | pennant number: FFE 310 |
| Motto | "Proud to serve" |
| Honours & awards | Atlantic 1944, Arctic 1944, Normandy 1944 |
| Fate | Sold, scrapped 1966 |
| Badge | Party per chevron or and vert, in chief surmounting the peak of the chevron an ancient crown gules and in base a peacock in his pride, or |
| 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 x 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 Outremont was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and again from 1955–1965 as a Prestonian-class frigate. During the war she served primarily as a convoy escort. She was named for Outremont, Quebec.
Outremont was ordered in October 1941 as part of the 1942–1943 River-class building program. She was laid down on 18 November 1942 by Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co. at Quebec City and launched 3 July 1943. She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 27 November 1943 at Quebec City.