HMCS The Pas: Difference between revisions

|Ship image= [[File:HMCS The Pas.jpg|300px]]

|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Canada|naval-19211911}}

|Ship name= HMCS ''The Pas''

|Ship builder= [[Collingwood Shipyards|Collingwood Shipyards Ltd.]], [[Collingwood, Ontario|Collingwood]]

|Ship laid down= 7 January 19411940

|Ship honours= Atlantic 1942-441942–44<ref name=Britain>{{cite web|title= Battle Honours | url=http://www.britainsnavy.co.uk/Battle%20Honours/A%20Battle%20Honour%20Date.htm#1900|work=Britain's Navy|accessdateaccess-date=25 August 2013}}</ref><ref>Referred to on list as "The Pass"</ref>

|Ship fate= soldSold for scrapping.

|Ship class={{sclass2|Flower|corvette}}(original)<ref name=lenton>{{cite book|last=Lenton |first=H.T. |last2=Colledge |first2=J.J |year=1968 |title=British and Dominion Warships of World War II |publisher=Doubleday & Company |pages=201, 212 |isbn=}}</ref>

|Ship propulsion= *Single shaft;

*2 water tube boilers;

*1 4-cyl. triple expansion steam engine, {{convert|2750 |hp.;|abbr=on}}

|Ship endurance= 3,450 miles at 12 knots, 2,629 miles at full speed

* 2 [[Lewis gun|Lewis .50303 cal]] mg twin

'''HMCS ''The Pas''''' was a {{sclass2-|Flower|corvette}} that served with the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. She served primarily as an ocean escort in the [[Battle of the Atlantic]] and as a training ship. She was named for [[The Pas|The Pas, Manitoba]].

Flower-class corvettes like ''The Pas'' serving with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War II were different from earlier and more traditional sail-driven corvettes.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ossian |first=Robert |url=http://www.thepirateking.com/ships/ship_types.htm |title=Complete List of Sailing Vessels |website=The Pirate King |accessdateaccess-date=13 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Fitzsimons |editor-first=Bernard |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons & Warfare |location=London |publisher=Phoebus |dateyear=1978 |volume=11 |pages=1137–1142 |isbn=}}</ref><ref name=Jane>{{cite book |title=Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II |location=New Jersey |publisher=Random House |dateyear=1996 |isbn=0-517-67963-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/janesfightingshi00fran/page/68 68] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/janesfightingshi00fran/page/68 }}</ref> The "corvette" designation was created by the French in the 19th century for classes of small warships; the Royal Navy borrowed the term for a period but discontinued its use in 1877.<ref>{{cite book |last=Blake |first=Nicholas |last2=Lawrence |first2=Richard |title=The Illustrated Companion to Nelson's Navy |url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=I59v6rkg8egC&pg=PA39 |publisher=Stackpole Books |dateyear=2005 |pages=39–63 |isbn=0-8117-3275-4}}</ref> During the hurried preparations for war in the late 1930s, [[Winston Churchill]] reactivated the corvette class, needing a name for smaller ships used in an escort capacity, in this case based on a [[whaling ship]] design.<ref>{{cite book |last=Chesneau |first=Roger |last2=Gardiner |first2=Robert |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships (1922–1946)1922-1946 |url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=bJBMBvyQ83EC&pg=PA62 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |date=June 1980 |page=62 |isbn=0-87021-913-8}}</ref> The generic name "flower" was used to designate the class of these ships, which – in the Royal Navy – were named after flowering plants.<ref name=Milner>{{cite book |title=North Atlantic Run |last=Milner |first=Marc |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1985 |pages=117–119, 142–145, 158, 175–176, 226, 235, 285–291 |isbn=0-87021-450-0}}</ref>

Corvettes commissioned by the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War II were named after communities for the most part, to better represent the people who took part in building them. This idea was put forth by Admiral [[Percy W. Nelles]]. Sponsors were commonly associated with the community for which the ship was named. Royal Navy corvettes were designed as open sea escorts, while Canadian corvettes were developed for coastal auxiliary roles which was exemplified by their minesweeping gear. Eventually the Canadian corvettes would be modified to allow them to perform better on the open seas.<ref name=Macpherson2>{{cite book |last=Macpherson |first=Ken |last2=Milner |first2=Marc |year=1993 |title=Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy 1939–1945|publisher=Vanwell Publishing |location=St. CatherinesCatharines |pages=117|isbn=1-55125-052-7}}</ref>

''The Pas'' was ordered 1 February 1940 as part of the 1939-19401939–1940 Flower-class building program. She was laid down 7 January 1941 by [[Collingwood Shipyards|Collingwood Shipyards Ltd.]] at [[Collingwood, Ontario|Collingwood]] and launched 16 August 1941.<ref name=uboat>{{cite web | url = http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/845.html | work = Uboat.net | title = HMCS ''The Pas'' (K 168) | accessdateaccess-date = 24 August 2013}}</ref> She was commissioned into the RCN 21 October 1941 at [[Montreal, Quebec]].<ref name=Macpherson>{{cite book |last=Macpherson |first=Ken |last2=Burgess |first2=John |year=1981 |title=The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910–1981 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships |publisher=Collins |location=Toronto|pages=87, 231-232231–232 |isbn=0-00216-856-1}}</ref>

During her career ''The Pas'' had three significant refits. This took place at [[Liverpool, Nova Scotia]] beginning 27 November 1942 and lasted two months. The second took place in the summer of 1943 after she colliededcollided with a merchant ship. The repairs were completed in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]] and [[Shelburne, Nova Scotia|Shelburne]] taking until October of that year. The third overhaul began in September 1944 and took until November. It was completed at [[Sydney, Nova Scotia]]. She was one of the few Flower-class corvettes not to have her [[fo'c'sle]] extended.<ref name=Macphersonuboat/><ref name=uboatMacpherson/>

==WarService servicehistory==

After working up following her refit, ''The Pas'' returned to WLEF and in June 1943 was assigned to escort group W-4. She was badly damaged in a collision with ''[[MV Doulos Phos|SS Medina]]'', a merchant ship, in the western Atlantic on 21 July 1943. She did not return to service until the end of 1943. Upon her return she was assigned to WLEF again. In April 1944 she became a member of escort group W-3. She remained a member of that group until September 1944.<ref name=Macpherson/>

In September 1944, ''The Pas'' departed for the shipyard, returning in November 1944. After workups she joined [[{{HMCS |Cornwallis]]}} as a training ship in Halifax. She remained in this capacity until the end of the war.<ref name=Macpherson/>

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==ReferencesExternal links==

* {{Cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/canada/ww2/flower/ |title= Flower Class|author=Hazegray |date=|work= Canadian Navy of Yesterday and Today |accessdateaccess-date=25 August 2013}}

* {{Cite web|url=http://www.readyayeready.com/ships/shipview.php?id=1424&ship=THE%20PAS |title= HMCS The Pas |author=Ready, Aye, Ready |access-date=|work= |accessdate=25 August 2013}}

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