HMCS Asbestos (K358) 2447644 221724361 2008-06-25T20:22:10Z Lightmouse 4469495 Units/dates/other using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {|{{Infobox Ship Begin}} {{Infobox Ship Image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox Ship Career |Hide header= |Ship country=Canada |Ship flag={{flagicon|Canada|naval-1921}} [[Royal Canadian Navy]] |Ship name= |Ship namesake=[[Asbestos, Quebec]] |Ship owner= |Ship operator= |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=[[Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Company|Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co.]], [[Quebec City]] |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=[[20 July]] [[1943]] |Ship launched=[[22 November]] [[1943]] |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=[[16 June]] [[1944]] |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned=[[8 July]] [[1945]] |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Sold 1947. Wrecked off [[Cuba]] [[13 February]] [[1949]]. Wreck salvaged and scrapped in March 1949 at [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]]. |Ship status= |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox Ship Characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=[[Flower class corvette|Flower-class corvette]] (modified) |Ship type= |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement={{convert|1015|LT|t ST|lk=on}} |Ship tons burthen= |Ship length={{convert|208|ft|m|2}}[[Length overall|o/a]] |Ship beam={{convert|33|ft|m|2}} |Ship height= |Ship draught={{convert|11|ft|m|2}} |Ship draft= |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=single shaft, 2x oil fired water tube boilers, 1 triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, {{convert|2750|ihp|abbr=on}} |Ship sail plan= |Ship speed={{convert|16|kn|km/h|1}} |Ship range={{convert|3500|nmi|km|0}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h|1}} |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= |Ship troops= |Ship complement=90 |Ship crew= |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors=One Type 271 SW2C radar, one Type 144 sonar |Ship EW= |Ship armament= *1 x {{convert|4|in|mm|sing=on}} BL Mk.IX single gun *1x 2-pounder Mk.VIII single "pom-pom" *2x 20 mm Oerlikon single *1x [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog A/S mortar]] *4x Mk.II depth charge throwers *2 depth charge rails with 70depth charges |Ship armour= |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |} '''HMCS ''Asbestos'' (K358)''' was a [[Flower class corvette|Flower-class corvette]] that served in the [[Royal Canadian Navy]]. ''Asbestos'' followed the design of the modified Flower-class corvettes and was ordered from [[Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Company|Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co.]]. She was laid down on [[20 July]] [[1943]] and launched on [[22 November]] [[1943]]. She was commissioned into the RCN on [[16 June]] [[1944]] and arrived at [[City of Halifax|Halifax]] on [[9 July]] before moving on to [[Bermuda]] for working up. Following working up she headed for St John's on 21 August where she joined convoy HXF.307 on [[10 September]] as a member of Escort Group C-2. She continued on as a member of this group on convoy duties until the end of the war in Europe. Her only commanding officer was Lt. J. Cuthbert, RCNR who was promoted to A/Lt. Cdr. on [[1 January]] [[1945]]. She was decommissioned from the RCN on [[8 July]] [[1945]] and laid up on [[Sorel-Tracy, Quebec]]. Sold to a Panamanian company in 1947, she was wrecked off [[Cuba]] whilst en route to [[Panama]] on [[13 February]] [[1949]]. The wreck was salvaged and taken to [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] for scrapping in March 1949. ==References== *{{cite web | url = http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/785.html | work = Uboat.net | title = HMCS ''Asbestos'' (K 358) | accessdate=2008-06-08}} *{{cite web | url = http://www.readyayeready.com/cgi-bin/query/display.pl?index=1021 | work = ReadyAyeReady | title = HMCS ''Asbestos'' (K 358) | accessdate=2008-06-08}} *{{cite web | url= http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hague/search3.php?query=Asbestos&Submit=Find+Vessel |title = HMCS ''Asbestos'' (K 358) | work = Arnold Hague database at convoyweb.org.uk | accessdate=2008-06-08}} *{{cite web | url= http://www.navy.forces.gc.ca/project_pride/ships/ship_e.asp?shipNumber=179 | title = HMCS ''Asbestos'' (K 358) | work = Canadian Navy Heritage Project | accessdate=2008-06-08}} {{Flower class corvette}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Asbestos, HMCS}} [[Category:Canadian Flower class corvettes]]