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HMCS Algoma was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War. Named for the Algoma District of Ontario, it served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. After the war it was sold to the Venezuelan Navy and renamed Constitución. Designed as a convoy escort, the vessel was laid down on 18 June 1940, launched on 17 December and commissioned on 11 July 1941. The ship took part in three major convoy battles and Operation Torch escort duties and was decommissioned in 1945. She served with the Venezuelan Navy from 1946 until 1962.

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  • HMCS Algoma was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War. Named for the Algoma District of Ontario, it served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. After the war it was sold to the Venezuelan Navy and renamed Constitución. Designed as a convoy escort, the vessel was laid down on 18 June 1940, launched on 17 December and commissioned on 11 July 1941. The ship took part in three major convoy battles and Operation Torch escort duties and was decommissioned in 1945. She served with the Venezuelan Navy from 1946 until 1962. (en)
  • HMCS Algoma (K127) (англ. Его Величества Канадский Корабль «Алгома») — корвет типа «Флауэр», служивший в КВМС Канады в годы Второй мировой войны. Назван в честь округа Алгома канадской провинции Онтарио. С 1945 года в составе ВМС Венесуэлы под названием «Конститусьон» (исп. ARV Constitución). (ru)
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  • 1941-07-11 (xsd:date)
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  • 1945-07-06 (xsd:date)
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  • 1940-06-18 (xsd:date)
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  • 1940-02-01 (xsd:date)
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  • 1940-12-17 (xsd:date)
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  • Scrapped 1962
  • Sold toVenezuelan Navy
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  • title (en)
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  • bought from Royal Canadian Navy (en)
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  • *1 × BL Mk.IX single gun *2 × .50 cal machine gun (twin) *2 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun *2 × Mk II depth charge throwers *2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges *originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed (en)
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  • 1946 (xsd:integer)
  • 1941-07-11 (xsd:date)
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  • 47 (xsd:integer)
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  • Canada (en)
  • Venezuela (en)
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  • 1945-07-06 (xsd:date)
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  • Scrapped 1962 (en)
  • Sold to Venezuelan Navy (en)
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  • Atlantic 1941–44, English Channel 1945 (en)
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  • Pennant number: K127 (en)
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  • 1940-06-18 (xsd:date)
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  • 1940-12-17 (xsd:date)
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  • o/a (en)
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  • Algoma (en)
  • Constitución (en)
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  • 1940-02-01 (xsd:date)
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  • 1962 (xsd:integer)
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  • *single shaft *2 × Scotch boilers *1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion engine (en)
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  • at (en)
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  • *1 × SW1C or 2C radar *1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar (en)
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  • HMCS Algoma was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War. Named for the Algoma District of Ontario, it served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. After the war it was sold to the Venezuelan Navy and renamed Constitución. Designed as a convoy escort, the vessel was laid down on 18 June 1940, launched on 17 December and commissioned on 11 July 1941. The ship took part in three major convoy battles and Operation Torch escort duties and was decommissioned in 1945. She served with the Venezuelan Navy from 1946 until 1962. (en)
  • HMCS Algoma (K127) (англ. Его Величества Канадский Корабль «Алгома») — корвет типа «Флауэр», служивший в КВМС Канады в годы Второй мировой войны. Назван в честь округа Алгома канадской провинции Онтарио. С 1945 года в составе ВМС Венесуэлы под названием «Конститусьон» (исп. ARV Constitución). (ru)
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  • HMCS Algoma (en)
  • HMCS Algoma (1940) (ru)
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  • Algoma (en)
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