Canadian Barrie corvette (HMCS Barrie) goes to sea. The photo was taken in 1943-1944.
Barrie corvette, hull number K138, class – Flower.
The Barrie corvette was built at the Collinwood shipyards (Ontario, Canada).
Construction of the Barrie corvette commenced on 4 April 1940, launched on 23 November 1940, and commissioned into the Canadian Navy on 12 May 1941.
Barrie corvette, main characteristics: displacement – 925 tons. Length – 62.4-63.4 m, draft – 3.51-3.35 m (depending on modifications), width – 10.06 m. Power plant – two boilers, one propeller. The maximum speed is 16 knots. Cruising range at a speed of 12 knots – 3500 miles. The crew is 85-90 people.
Barrie corvette, armament: one 101.6-mm cannon (BL 4 inch Mk IX) at the bow, at the stern – four 12.7-mm Vickers anti-aircraft machine guns (Vickers 0.5) or one 40-mm Pom-pom anti-aircraft gun (QF 2 pounder 1,6 ″ Pom Pom AA gun), along the sides – two twin 7.7-mm anti-aircraft machine guns Lewis (Lewis 0.303) or two 20-mm automatic anti-aircraft guns “Oerlikon” (Oerlikon).
Barrie corvette, anti-submarine armament: two stern installations for dropping depth charges (40-70 bombs), 2-4 onboard installations (Mk.II depth charge throwers).
The Barrie corvette was used in the Atlantic to escort convoys (notably SC43, ON91, HX357).
The Barrie corvette was decommissioned from the Canadian Navy on June 26, 1945.
Source: Defense Canada.