HMCS Patriot

HMCS Patriot

HMCS Patriot was a Thornycroft "M" class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy.

Built by Thornycroft & Company, Southampton, she was launched on 20 April 1916 as warship|HMS|Patriot and served in the Royal Navy in World War I.

She was decommissioned after the war but was reactivated in 1920 and outfitted for transfer to the Royal Canadian Navy. She was commissioned in the RCN on November 1, 1920 and renamed HMCS "Patriot".

HMCS "Patriot" departed for Halifax, Nova Scotia one month later in the company of her sister ship warship|HMCS|Patrician (ex-warship|HMS|Patrician) and the cruiser warship|HMCS|Aurora (ex-warship|HMS|Aurora). The three ships were offered by the Royal Navy to replace the RCN's warship|HMCS|Rainbow and warship|HMCS|Niobe which were last century warships.

HMCS "Patriot" saw immediate service patrolling the waters off Canada's Atlantic coast. She performed training duties and patrols for the next five years while based out of Halifax. In September, 1921, HMCS "Patriot" assisted Dr. Alexander Graham Bell's hydrofoil research by towing his high speed experimental hydrofoil "HD-4". This experiment was conducted on the waters of Baddeck Bay in the Bras d'Or Lake estuary near the village of Baddeck, Nova Scotia.

HMCS "Patriot" remained in Halifax as the only operational vessel of the Royal Canadian Navy following budget cuts in 1922. Her constant use saw increased ineffectivenss and in 1927 the RCN took steps to decommission her. By 1928 she had been paid off.

HMCS "Patriot" was sold for scrap in Briton Ferry, Wales, in 1929.

pecifications

* Launched: 20th April 1916
* Crew: 82
* Length: 274 feet
* Beam: 27 feet 6 inches
* Draught: 10 feet 6 inches
* Displacement 1,004 tons
* Propulsion: ? 30knot's
* Armour: ?
* Armament: 3 X 4 inch gun, 1 x QF 2 pounder gun, 4 X 21 inch torpedo tubes

Commanding Officers

*LT C.T. Beard (RCN) 1/11/1920 - 2/9/1922
*LT G.C. Jones (RCN) 3/9/1922 - 23/8/1923
*LT H.E. Reid (RCN) 24/8/1923 - 6/10/1926
*LT C.R.H. Taylor (RCN) 7/10/1925 - 4/4/1926
*LCDR C.R.H. Taylor (RCN) 5/4/1926 - 23/10/1927

References

* [http://www.readyayeready.com/cgi-bin/query/display.pl?index=1313 HMCS Patriot]
* Macpherson, Keneth R. and Burgess, John. (1982)(Second Printing)The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910-1981. Collins Publishers. ISBN 0-00-216856-1


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