HMCS Sherbrooke (K152)
HMCS Sherbrooke
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 Canada
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| Name: | Sherbrooke |
| Namesake: | Sherbrooke, Quebec |
| Ordered: | 22 January 1940 |
| Builder: | Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel, Quebec |
| Laid down: | 5 August 1940 |
| Launched: | 25 October 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 5 June 1941 |
| Out of service: | paid off 28 June 1945 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: K152 |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1941–45 |
| Fate: | sold for scrapping. |
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| Class and type: | Flower-class corvette (original) |
| Displacement: | 950 long tons (970 t; 1,060 short tons) |
| Length: | 205 ft (62.48 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10.06 m) |
| Draught: | 11.5 ft (3.51 m) |
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| Speed: | 16 knots (29.6 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 6 officers, 79 enlisted |
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HMCS Sherbrooke was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as an ocean escort. She is named for Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Flower-class corvettes like Sherbrooke serving with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War were different from earlier and more traditional sail-driven corvettes. The "corvette" designation was created by the French for classes of small warships; the Royal Navy borrowed the term for a period but discontinued its use in 1877. During the hurried preparations for war in the late 1930s, Winston Churchill reactivated the corvette class, needing a name for smaller ships used in an escort capacity, in this case based on a whaling ship design. The generic name "flower" was used to designate the class of these ships, which – in the Royal Navy – were named after flowering plants.
Corvettes commissioned by the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War were named after communities for the most part, to better represent the people who took part in building them. This idea was put forth by Admiral Percy W. Nelles. Sponsors were commonly associated with the community for which the ship was named. Royal Navy corvettes were designed as open sea escorts, while Canadian corvettes were developed for coastal auxiliary roles which was exemplified by their minesweeping gear. Eventually the Canadian corvettes would be modified to allow them to perform better on the open seas.
Sherbrooke was ordered 22 January 1940 as part of the 1939–1940 Flower-class building program. She was laid down 5 August 1940 by Marine Industries Ltd. at Sorel, Quebec and launched 25 October 1940. She was commissioned 5 June 1941 at Sorel.
During her career, Sherbrooke underwent two significant refits. The first took place at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia from April to June 1943. The second major overhaul took place at Liverpool, Nova Scotia beginning in May 1944 and lasting until 22 August 1944. During this second refit, Sherbrooke had her fo'c'sle extended. She needed a further month of repairs at Halifax after completing the refit.
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