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| History | |
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| Namesake | Fort Erie, Ontario |
| Builder | Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Lauzon |
| Laid down | 3 November 1943 |
| Launched | 27 May 1944 |
| Commissioned | 27 October 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 22 November 1945 |
| Notes | Colours:Red and Black |
| Badge | Blazon Argent, out of a mural crown sable, a demi cat rampant guardant gules armed azure, collared and chained or, holding erect a trident azure, the base end resting on the mural crown. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | River class frigate |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 1,445 long tons (1,468 t; 1,618 short tons) 2,110 long tons (2,140 t; 2,360 short tons) (deep load) |
| Length | list error: <br /> list (help) 283 feet (86.26 m) p/p 301.25 feet (91.82 m)o/a |
| Beam | 36.5 feet (11.13 m) |
| Draught | 9 feet (2.74 m); 13 feet (3.96 m) (deep load) |
| Propulsion | 2 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
| Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 20 knots (37.0 km/h) 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) (turbine ships) |
| Range | 646 long tons (656 t; 724 short tons) oil fuel; 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 km) at 15 knots (27.8 km/h) |
| Complement | 157 |
| Armament | list error: mixed text and list (help)
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HMCS Fort Erie (K670) was a River class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1944-1945 and as a Prestonian class frigate from 1956-1965.
Built by Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Lauzon, she was commissioned into the RCN on 27 October 1944 with the pennant K670. She was placed in reserve in 1945 and reactivated in 1953. She underwent conversion to a Prestonian class frigate from 1953-1955 and was recommissioned with pennant 312 on 17 April 1956.
She was paid off by the RCN on 26 March 1965.
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