HMCS Trail

HMCS Trail
History
Canada
Name	Trail
Namesake	Trail, British Columbia
Ordered	14 February 1940
Builder	Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., North Vancouver
Laid down	20 July 1940
Launched	16 October 1940
Commissioned	30 April 1941
Out of service	paid off 17 July 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K174
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1941–45,[1] Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942[2]
Fate	Sold for scrapping.
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette (original)[3]
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)
Propulsion	Single shaft; 2 water tube boilers; 1 4-cyl. triple expansion steam engine, 2,750 hp (2,050 kW)
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
Sensors and processing systems	Radar – SW1C or 2C (later) Sonar – Type 123A, later Type 127DV
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX single gun 2 .50 cal machine gun twin 2 Lewis .303 cal mg twin 2 Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 depth charge rails with 40 depth charges. Originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed.

HMCS Trail 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 a convoy escort. She was named for Trail, British Columbia.