Editing HMCS Buctouche (section)

{{Short description|Flower-class corvette}}
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|Ship image=HMCS Buctouche K179 O-741-31.jpg
|Ship caption=HMCS ''Buctouche'', {{circa|1944–1945}}
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|Ship country=Canada
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Canada|naval-1911}}
|Ship name= ''Buctouche''
|Ship namesake=[[Bouctouche, New Brunswick]]
|Ship ordered=22 January 1940
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|Ship builder=[[Davie Shipbuilding]], [[Lauzon, Quebec|Lauzon]]
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|Ship laid down=14 August 1940
|Ship launched=20 November 1940
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|Ship commissioned= 5 June 1941
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|Ship decommissioned= 15 June 1945
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|Ship identification=[[Pennant number]]: K179
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|Ship honours= Atlantic 1941–45
|Ship fate= Scrapped in 1949
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|Ship class={{sclass2|Flower|corvette}} (original)
|Ship displacement={{convert|925|LT|t|lk=on}}
|Ship length={{convert|205|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}[[Length overall|o/a]]
|Ship beam={{convert|33|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}
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|Ship draught={{convert|11.5|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=*1 × shaft
*2 × firetube Scotch boilers
*1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
*{{cvt|2750|ihp}}
|Ship speed={{convert|16|kn}}
|Ship range={{cvt|3500|nmi}} at {{convert|12|kn}}
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|Ship complement=85
|Ship sensors=*1 × SW1 Cor 2C radar
*1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
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|Ship armament=*1 × single [[BL 4 inch Mk IX naval gun|BL {{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} Mk.IX]] gun
*2 × twin [[Vickers .50 machine gun|.50 cal machine guns]]
*2 × twin [[Lewis gun|Lewis .303 cal machine guns]]
*2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers
*2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges
*originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed
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'''HMCS ''Buctouche''''' was a {{sclass2|Flower|corvette}} that served in the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] (RCN) during the [[World War II|Second World War]].  She served primarily in the [[Battle of the Atlantic]] escorting merchant ship [[convoy]]s. Constructed by [[Davie Shipbuilding]] at [[Lauzon, Quebec]], the vessel was [[Keel laying|laid down]] 14 August 1940 and was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 20 November that year. The corvette was named for [[Bouctouche, New Brunswick]] and was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 5 June 1941. ''Buctouche'' successfully damaged a [[U-boat]] during an engagement off the [[Avalon Peninsula]]. In 1944, the vessel went aground at [[Hamilton Inlet]], [[Labrador]]. Following the war, the ship was decommissioned on 23 October 1945 and was sold for [[Ship breaking|scrap]] in 1949.