Prestonian Class (River Class modernized) frigate HMCS Antigonish FFE301 shown approaching HMCS Cape Breton ARE100 in the North Pacific during the Cuban Missile Crisis October 1962.
Built 1944 by Cdn.Yarrow,Esquimalt,B.C.
Displacement:2,360 tons full load.
LOA 301 ft;beam 36.75 ft,draught 12 ft.
Machinery: 2 shaft Vert,Triple Expansion 4 Cyld.,I.H.P 5,500=20knots.
Armament: 2 X 4in AA;2 x 40mm AA guns;2 ATW (squid).
Crew:140.
Photo © Capnken 1962/2008.Re post.