HMCS Arvida

HMCS Arvida
History
Canada
Name	Arvida
Namesake	Arvida, Quebec
Ordered	23 January 1940
Builder	Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Quebec City
Laid down	28 February 1940
Launched	21 September 1940
Commissioned	22 May 1941
Decommissioned	14 June 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K113
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1941–45
Fate	Sold for mercantile use
History
Name	La Ceiba Rio Samo
In service	1950
Out of service	1954
Fate	Scrapped in Spain, 1987
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette (original)
Displacement	950 long tons (970 t)
Length	205 ft 1 in (62.51 m) o/a
Beam	33 ft 1 in (10.08 m)
Draught	13 ft 5 in (4.09 m)
Installed power	2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Propulsion	single shaft 2 × Scotch boilers 1 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion engine
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range	3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	47
Sensors and processing systems	1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk.IX single gun 2 × .50 cal machine gun (twin) 2 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun (twin) 2 × Mk II depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge rails with 40 depth charges originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed

HMCS Arvida was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic from 1941 to 1945 as a convoy escort. She was named for Arvida, Quebec. The vessel took part in three significant convoy battles ONS 92 in May 1942, ON 127 in September 1942 and SC 107 in November 1942, the last of which saw the removal of Canadian escorts from convoy duty for retraining. Following the war, the vessel was converted into a cargo ship and renamed La Ceiba and then Rio Samo. The ship was last registered in 1954 and was sold for scrap in 1987 in Spain.