The Canadian Morden corvette (HMCS Morden) during factory tests for acceptance into the Royal Canadian Navy in the World War 2.
The Corvette Morden subsequently had the board number K170, belonged to the Flower class corvettes.
The ship was built at the Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Port Arthur (Ontario, Canada).
Morden corvette, construction began on October 25, 1940, launched on May 05, 1941, accepted into the Royal Canadian Navy on September 06, 1941.
“Morden” ship, 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.
Morden 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”.
Anti-submarine armament: two aft installations for dropping depth charges (40-70 bombs), 2-4 onboard installations (Mk.II depth charge throwers).
Morden the Canadian corvette participated in escorting Allied sea convoys between Canada and Great Britain (in particular, SC56, ON73, HX358).
On September 1, 1942, the Morden warship sank a German submarine U-756 (Type VIIC) with all its crew.
German submarine U-756 (type VIIC) withdrawn from the Canadian Navy on June 29, 1945.
Source: Defense Canada.
Location: Canada
Photo time: August 1941