The Canadian corvette Chilliwack (HMCS Chilliwack) had the tail number K131, class – Flower. It was built in Canada.
Corvette Chilliwack construction began on July 03, 1940, launched on September 03, 1940, accepted into the Canadian Navy on April 08, 1941.
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.
Armament: one 102-mm cannon (BL 4 inch Mk IX) at the bow, at the stern – four 12.7-mm anti-aircraft machine guns Vickers (Vickers 0.5) or one 40-mm anti-aircraft gun Pom-pom (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). Anti-submarine armament: two aft installations for dropping depth charges (40-70 bombs), 2-4 onboard installations (Mk.II depth charge throwers).
The Chilliwack corvette was used in the North Atlantic to escort Allied sea convoys between Halifax and Western Approaches (SC, ON, HX, ONS convoys). He participated in the sinking of the German submarine U-356.
The Chilliwack corvette was withdrawn from the Royal Canadian Navy in 1946.
The photo source: Defense Canada.
Location: Atlantic Ocean
Photo time: April 1943