HMCS Suderoy
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= Image:HMCS-Suderöy-V+HMCS-Llewllyn.png |Ship caption=HMCS Suderöy VI (foreground) and HMCS Llewllyn, 1944 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Canada |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Canada|naval-1911}} |Ship name=HMCS Suderöy VI |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= 1929 & 1930 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=June 1941 |Ship decommissioned=August 1945 |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship fate= Returned to owners, October 1945 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type= Minesweeper |Ship tonnage={{GRT|252}} |Ship length={{convert|115|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|24|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|13|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=*Suderøy IV & Suderøy V : Triple Expansion engine (Nylands), {{convert|750|ihp|0|abbr=on}}
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After the fall of Norway to Nazi Germany on 10 June 1940, the Norwegian whale factory ship Suderøy and her whale catchers, Suderøy IV (J03), Suderøy V (J04), Suderøy VI (J05) and Star XVI were ordered to sail to Halifax from Hampton Roads, where they had taken refuge. In June 1940, at Halifax, Suderøy IV, V and VI were chartered from the Norwegian government in exile by the Royal Canadian Navy, converted and commissioned as minesweepers.
Ships
- Suderøy IV was launched at Oslo, Norway, in 1930. Served with the Halifax Local Defence Force from June 1941 until paid off in August 1945, and returned to her former owners. Condemned and sunk October 1987.
- Suderøy V was launched at Oslo, Norway, in 1930. Served with both the St. John's Local Defence Force and the Halifax Local Defence Force from June 1941 until paid off in August 1945, and returned to her former owners. In use as of 2001.
- Suderøy VI was built in Middlesbrough, UK, and launched in 1929 as Southern Gem. Served with the Halifax Local Defence Force from March 1941 until paid off in August 1945, and returned to her former owners to resume her occupation as whale catcher. Sunk January 1983.
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References
- Macpherson, Ken and John Burgess, The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–1985. Collins Publishers: {{ISBN|0-00-217469-3}}
- [http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/suderoy.html Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939–1945]
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