Canadian corvette “Kenogami” of the Royal Navy at the shipyard after launching at the stage of its completion during World War II.
Canadian corvette “Kenogami” (HMCS Kenogami) had the tail number K125, class – Flower. It was built in Canada.
Corvette “Kenogami” construction commenced on April 20, 1940, launched on September 5, 1940, and commissioned into the Canadian Navy on June 29, 1941.
The 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 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). Anti-submarine armament: two aft installations for dropping depth charges (40-70 bombs), 2-4 onboard installations (Mk.II depth charge throwers).
The “Kenogami” Corvette was used in the North Atlantic to escort Allied sea convoys between Halifax and the Western Approaches.
September 10, 1941 Corvette “Kenogami” lifted 34 sailors from the British ship “Sally Maersk”, torpedoed earlier by the German submarine U-81. The next day, it took on board 41 sailors from the British Beruri, previously torpedoed by U-207, and later – 7 more sailors from the English Spoonpool, torpedoed by the same submarine. On October 30, 1942, the corvette took on board 90 survivors from the British Berwin, torpedoed the day before by U-436.
The Corvette “Kenogami” was withdrawn from the Canadian Navy in the summer of 1945.
The photo source: Defense Canada.
Location: Canada
Photo time: September 1941