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The Morden corvette was withdrawn from the Canadian Navy on June 29, 1945.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