Ship Details
Guayaquil Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo

 

Registry #1	K.223 (RCN)	Registry #2	(Honduras Registry)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1941	Timmins (H.M.C.S.)	Name 6
Name 2	1948	Guayaquil	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1941	Place	Esquimalt	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	205' x 33' x 13.5'
Builder	Yarrows Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement	950
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Corvette, Flower Class (1940-41 Short-Forecastle Building Programme)
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	2750ihp 4-cylinder Triple expansion engine with 2 Scotch marine boilers	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds	She was modernized and her forecastle was extended at Liverpool NS in 1944.	Call Sign
Pendant  #	K.223	Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1941-1945 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1948 she entered service as the Honduran vessel Guayaquil.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1960-08-03

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
This vessel was launched on 26/06/1941. This vessel carried 230 tons of fuel and could reach 16 knots. Her endurance was 3450nm at 12 knots. This vessel foundered at Guayaquil Ecuador on 03/08/1960.

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON;
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