HMCS St. Thomas
by Hernán Rubio

1/72 HMCS St. Thomas (K 488) (Scratchbuilt)

War Service: 1944-1945 in the Canadian Navy. Sunk the U-Boat U-877 (Type IXC/40)

The builders were Hernán Castellanos, and myself.

• Displacement: 1,060 tons
• Length: 252 ft (77 m)
• Beam: 37 ft (11 m)
• Draught: 10 ft (3.0 m)
• Propulsion: 2 water tube boilers, 1 four cylinder triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw 2,750hp (2MW)
• Speed: 16.5 knots
• Range: 9,500 nautical miles at 10 knots
• Complement: 112
• Radar: Type 272
• Sonar: Types 144Q and 147B
• Armament:
  • 1 × 4-inch Quick Firing Mk.XIX High Angle/Low Angle combined air/surface gun
  • 1 × Squid Anti-submarine mortar
  • 1 × depth charge rail, 15 depth charges
  • 2 × 20 mm twin anti-aircraft cannon
  • 6 × 20 mm single anti-aircraft cannon

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