Mystery ship 10/2007

[Boyer AlainParticipant @boyeralain82036]

 frigate  River class 43- 44 program

HMCS Buckingham

[Boyer AlainParticipant @boyeralain82036]

http://www.naval-museum.mb.ca/

the Ship was recommisioned as a Prestonian class in 1954 pendant number 314

as a river class in pendant was K 685

[David PatersonParticipant @davidpaterson90904]

Following is information on HMCS Buckingham, the October "mystery".Type: Frigate
Class: RIVER Class 43-44 Programme
Displacement: 1445 tonnes
Length: 301.5 ft.
Width: 36.6 ft.
Draught: 9 ft.
Top Speed: 19
# Officers: 8
# Crew: 133
Weapons: 2-4" (1 x II), 4-20mm, Hedgehog
Pendant (Hull Number): K685
Builder: Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd., Lauzon, Que.
Laid Down: 10-Nov-43
Launched: 28-Apr-44
Commissioned: 2-Nov-44
Paid Off: 16-Nov-45
Remarks: Recommissioned as a Prestonian Class on 25-Jun-54. Pendant Number 314. Finally Paid Off 23-Mar-65. Post-War Buckingham Pictured. As a "Prestonian" she was fitted with an experimental helicopter landing pad at the stern.  Additional pictures: http://www.readyayeready.com/cgi-bin/query/display.pl?index=1050

[John HodkinsonParticipant @johnhodkinson18222]

The River class makes an excellent model, sails really well and looks good on the water.

Got a picture in the gallery (page4) its under the heading HMCS Haida, dont believe everything I write!!!, actually the picture "sneaked in" . The model is to 1/48 and is of HMCS New Glasgow commissioned December 1943, converted to Prestonian and recommissioned January 30th 1954.Paid off and scrapped in Japan in 1967, good service life.

Anybody interested in building one got loads of info on them.

John

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