HMCS Orkney

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, 
frigate, River-class frigate, Royal Canadian Navy, Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited, 

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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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commons	image		Bamahane (997008136445905171)		Commons
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