HMCS Long Branch

HMCS Long Branch was a modified Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She was used primarily as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was laid down as HMS Candytuft but was transferred to the RCN on 5 January 1944 before completion. She was named for Long Branch, Ontario, a village that was eventually amalgamated into Toronto, Ontario.

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speed 16 knot, length 62.5 metre, draft 3.51 metre, beam 10.1 metre, mass 925 long ton,
Flower-class corvette, corvette, A. & J. Inglis, Royal Canadian Navy,

Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1943-02-27T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1945-06-17T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1944-01-05T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1943-09-28T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

HMCS Long Branch

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