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HMCS Cape Scott

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History
United Kingdom
NameBeachy Head
NamesakeBeachy Head, East Sussex
BuilderBurrard Dry Dock, Vancouver
Laid down8 June 1944
Launched27 September 1944
In service1944
Out of service1952
Fate
  • Loaned to Netherlands, 1947
  • Sold to Canada, 1952
Netherlands
NameVulkaan
Acquired1947
In service1947
Out of service1950
FateReturned to UK, 1950
Canada
NameCape Scott
NamesakeCape Scott
Acquired1952
Commissioned28 January 1959
Decommissioned1 July 1970
Out of service1975
FateScrapped, 1978
NotesArgent, a cross azure charged in the center with a thistle or and interlaced with a gear-wheel gules.[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass2-
Displacement8,580 long tons (8,718 t)
Length134.7 m (441 ft 11 in)
Beam17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Draught6.1 m (20 ft)
PropulsionOil-fired triple expansion steam engines, 2 boilers, 1 shaft, 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement270
Aircraft carriedhandling Sikorsky H04-S
Aviation facilitieshelicopter pad

HMCS Cape Scott (ARE 101) was a Template:Sclass2-. She was built for the Royal Navy as HMS Beachy Head in 1944. She was loaned to the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1947 as HNLMS Vulkaan and returned to the Royal Navy in 1950. She was sold to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1952 and served until 1975, used as an alongside repair depot after decommissioning.

References

Citations

  1. ^ Arbuckle, p. 20

Sources

  • Arbuckle, J. Graeme (1987). Badges of the Canadian Navy. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Nimbus Publishing. ISBN 0-920852-49-1.
  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.