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Royal Canadian Navy - Cruiser
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C 32
- HMCS Ontario
ex - HMS Minotaur (53) / ex C 53
HMCS Minotaur |
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Type,
Class:
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Royal Navy
Minotaur-class Light Cruiser built as HMS
Minotaur for the Royal Navy; never served in the RN; transferred to
Canada and commissioned in RCN in 1945; |
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Builder:
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Harland &
Wolff Ltd., Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
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STATUS:
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Laid
down: November 20, 1941 Launched: July 29, 1943 transferred
to Royal Canadian Navy - July 1944 Commissioned: May 25, 1945 (Royal Canadian Navy) renamed
HMCS Ontario (C 32) Decommissioned: October 15, 1958 (Royal Canadian Navy) Fate:
scrapped in
Osaka, Japan - 1960-61 |
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Homeport:
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Namesake:
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Ship’s
Motto:
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Technical Data:
(Measures, Propulsion, Armament, Aviation, etc.)
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General
characteristics: Lenght: 169,30 meters Beam: 19,20 meters Draft: 5,25 meters Displacement: 11130 tons (full load) Speed: 31+ knots (57 km/h) max. Range: 2000 NM (3700 km) at 30 knots (56
km/h) / 8000 NM (14800 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) Crew: up to 870 Propulsion: 4 x oil fired Admiralty
3-drum type boilers 4 x geared steam
turbines; 72500 shp 4 shafts / 4
propellers Armament
(Canadian service): 3 x Mk-23 6”/50-caliber triple guns 5 x Mk-16 HA 4”/45-caliber twin QF
guns 4 x 2-pounder quad AA guns / 4 x
2-pounder single AA 40mm
AA guns 20mm
AA guns 2 x 21” triple torpedo tubes Aviation: none |
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HMCS
Ontario (C 32) (ex HMS Minotaur / ex C 53 HMCS
Minotaur): -
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