HMCS La Malbaie

	HMCS La Malbaie
History
Canada
Name	La Malbaie
Namesake	La Malbaie, Quebec
Ordered	20 February 1941
Builder	Marine Industries. Ltd., Sorel
Laid down	22 March 1941
Launched	25 October 1941
Commissioned	28 April 1942
Decommissioned	28 June 1945
Renamed	from Fort William K236
Identification	Pennant number: K273
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1942–1945; Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942
Fate	Scrapped 1951 at Hamilton.
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette (Revised)
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion	Single shaft; 2 × water tube boilers; 1 × double acting triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine; 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW);
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	85
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × SW1C or 2C radar; 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar;
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX gun; 2 × .50 cal machine gun (twin); 2 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun (twin); 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers; 2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges;

HMCS La Malbaie was a Royal Canadian Navy revised Flower-class corvette which took part in convoy escort duties during the Second World War. She fought primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for La Malbaie, Quebec. She was originally named Fort William but her name was changed before commissioning.

^ "Battle Honours". Britain's Navy. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
^ "Royal Canadian Warships – The Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence – Second World War". Veterans Affairs Canada. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.

History
HMCS La Malbaie
Canada
Name	La Malbaie
Namesake	La Malbaie, Quebec
Ordered	20 February 1941
Builder	Marine Industries. Ltd., Sorel
Laid down	22 March 1941
Launched	25 October 1941
Commissioned	28 April 1942
Decommissioned	28 June 1945
Renamed	from Fort William K236
Identification	Pennant number: K273
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1942–1945;^[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942^[2]
Fate	Scrapped 1951 at Hamilton.
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette (Revised)
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11.5 ft (3.51 m)
Propulsion	Single shaft 2 × water tube boilers 1 × double acting triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	85
Sensors and processing systems	1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX gun 2 × .50 cal machine gun (twin) 2 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun (twin) 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges