HMCS Fort Frances (J396)

	HMCS Fort Frances
History
Canada
Name	Fort Frances
Namesake	Fort Frances, Ontario
Ordered	25 November 1942
Builder	Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company Ltd.
Laid down	11 May 1943
Launched	30 October 1943
Commissioned	28 October 1944
Decommissioned	3 August 1945
Recommissioned	23 October 1945
Decommissioned	5 April 1946
Identification	Pennant number: J396
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1945
Fate	Transferred to Department of Mines and Technical Surveys 1948
Badge	Azure, a unicorn's head erased argent, armed and crine, or langued gules, gorged with a plain collar of gold on which a plate edged or and charged with a maple leaf gules
General characteristics
Class and type	Algerine-class minesweeper
Displacement	1,030 long tons (1,047 t) (standard); 1,325 long tons (1,346 t) (deep);
Length	225 ft (69 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Draught	12.25 ft 6 in (3.89 m)
Installed power	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2,400 ihp (1,800 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines;
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	85
Armament	1 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft gun; 4 × twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannon; 1 × Hedgehog;