HMCS Orkney
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HMCS Orkney was a River-class frigate that served with the Royal Canadian Navy as a convoy escort during the Second World War. She was named for Orkney, Saskatchewan. After the war she was purchased and used by the Israeli immigrant movement, then taken over by the nascent Israeli Navy and renamed Mivtah. She was sold by Israel to Ceylon who renamed her Mahasena.
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length 91.9 metre, draft 3.9 metre, beam 11.3 metre,
Royal Canadian Navy, Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited,
Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
1943-05-19T00:00:00Z
1943-05-19T00:00:00Z
keel laying
1944-04-18T00:00:00Z
1944-04-18T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
1946-01-22T00:00:00Z
1946-01-22T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1943-09-18T00:00:00Z
1943-09-18T00:00:00Z
ship launching
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| link | page | naval-history.net page@ | Wikidata | ||
| commons | image | MivtachChanaSeneshCask27031950 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Gulf of Eilat (997009326780905171 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | INSMivtachNapoli10051950 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | ChanaSeneshcoffintransferredM35 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bamahane (997008136738905171) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bamahane (997008136446105171) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bamahane (997008136445905171) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bamahane (997008136446605171) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bamahane (997008136446905171) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bamahane (997008136446405171) | Commons | ||









