Canadian corvette “Kenogami” (HMCS Kenogami) had the tail number K125, class – Flower. It was built in Canada.
HMCS Kenogami construction commenced on April 20, 1940, launched on September 5, 1940, and commissioned into the Canadian Navy on June 29, 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 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 HMCS Kenogami was used in the North Atlantic to escort Allied sea convoys between Halifax and Western approaches.
On September 10, 1941, HMCS Kenogami boarded 34 sailors from the British ship Sally Maersk, which had been torpedoed earlier by the German U-81 submarine. 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.
HMCS Kenogami was withdrawn from the Canadian Navy in the summer of 1945.
HMCS Kenogami photo source: Defense Canada.
Location: Atlantic
Photo Time: 1945