HMCS Forest Hill (a.k.a. HMCS Forrest Hill) was a modified Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was originally laid down by the Royal Navy as HMS Ceanothos but was never commissioned into the RN, being transferred to the RCN before completion. She is named for Forest Hill, Ontario, a town that was eventually amalgamated into the larger city Toronto, Ontario.
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| - HMCS Forest Hill (en)
- HMCS Forrest Hill (1943) (ru)
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| - HMCS Forest Hill (a.k.a. HMCS Forrest Hill) was a modified Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was originally laid down by the Royal Navy as HMS Ceanothos but was never commissioned into the RN, being transferred to the RCN before completion. She is named for Forest Hill, Ontario, a town that was eventually amalgamated into the larger city Toronto, Ontario. (en)
- HMCS Forrest Hill (англ. ЕВК «») — британский корвет типа «Флауэр», служивший в КВМС Великобритании и Канады и участвовавший во Второй мировой войне (начинал как корабль сопровождения конвоев в ходе битвы за Атлантику). Изначально был заложен на верфях Великобритании под именем HMS Ceanothos, но в состав флота Великобритании так и не был принят, отправившись вместо этого в состав флота Канады. Имя получил в честь города Форест-Хилл, который ныне является округом современного Торонто. (ru)
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| - One Type 271 SW2C radar, one Type 144 sonar (en)
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| - *1 × BL Mk.IX single gun
*1 × 2-pounder Mk.VIII single "pom-pom"
*2 × 20 mm Oerlikon single
*1 × Hedgehog A/S mortar
*4 × Mk.II depth charge throwers
*2 Depth charge rails with 70 depth charges (en)
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| - Pennant number: K486 (en)
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| - single shaft, 2 × oil fired water tube boilers, 1 × triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine, (en)
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| - HMCS Forest Hill (a.k.a. HMCS Forrest Hill) was a modified Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was originally laid down by the Royal Navy as HMS Ceanothos but was never commissioned into the RN, being transferred to the RCN before completion. She is named for Forest Hill, Ontario, a town that was eventually amalgamated into the larger city Toronto, Ontario. (en)
- HMCS Forrest Hill (англ. ЕВК «») — британский корвет типа «Флауэр», служивший в КВМС Великобритании и Канады и участвовавший во Второй мировой войне (начинал как корабль сопровождения конвоев в ходе битвы за Атлантику). Изначально был заложен на верфях Великобритании под именем HMS Ceanothos, но в состав флота Великобритании так и не был принят, отправившись вместо этого в состав флота Канады. Имя получил в честь города Форест-Хилл, который ныне является округом современного Торонто. (ru)
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