HMCS Suderoy

HMCS Suderöy V (foreground) and HMCS Llewllyn, 1944
History
Name: HCMS Suderöy
Launched: 1929 & 1930
Commissioned: June 1941
Decommissioned: August 1945
Fate: Returned to owners, October 1945
General characteristics
Type: Minesweeper
Tonnage: 252 gt
Length: 115 ft (35 m)
Beam: 24 ft (7.3 m)
Draught: 13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion:
  • Suderøy IV & Suderøy V : Triple Expansion engine (Nylands), 750 ihp (559 kW)
  • Suderøy VI : Triple Expansion engine (Shields Eng. Co., North Shields), 760 ihp (567 kW)
Speed: 9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h)
Complement: 4 officers & 25 crew

After the fall of Norway to Nazi Germany on 10 June 1940, the Norwegian whale factory ship Suderøy and her whale catchers, Suderøy IV (J03), Suderøy V (J04), Suderøy VI (J05) and Star XVI were ordered to sail to Halifax from Hampton Roads, where they had taken refuge. In June 1940, at Halifax, Suderøy IV, V and VI were chartered from the Norwegian government in exile by the Royal Canadian Navy, converted and commissioned as minesweepers.

Ships

Crew, HMCS Suderoy IV, 1943

References

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