HMCS Long Branch
Ship Number
1221
Vessel Type
Flower Class Corvette
Built
A&J Inglis
Launch Date
September 29, 1943
Delivered
January 15, 1944
Owner
Royal Canadian Navy
Weight
950 grt
BP Length
208-3 feet
Breadth
33-1 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
16.5 knots
Propulsion
One Steam Reciprocating Vertical Triple Expansion 4 cylinder 2750hp
Official No.
Registered
Fate
Scuttled
 HMCS Long Branch

Pennant No. K487
 
Originally named HMS Candytuft
 
Decommissioned on 17 June 1945.
 
Sold for commercial use in 1947, she was renamed Rexton Kent II (later dropping the "II") and finally scuttled off the east coast in 1966.