Paper model of the HMCS Agassiz corvette
The cardboard model of the Canadian HMCS Agassiz corvette was made in 1:100 scale from the Modelik publishing house No 8/2003. The author of the study is Dmitri Hotkin - Russia.
Model length: 62 cm (24⅖ in), width: 10 cm (3.94 in). The model is for patient modellers, it contains 3962 parts.
The corvette was built at the Canadian shipyard in Vancouver and put into service in January 1941. Many typical solutions known from merchant ships were used during her construction. The crew consisted of the merchant fleet reservists.
HMCS Agassiz began his service in the Atlantic in May 1941. The ship was used mainly for escorting convoys. HMCS Agassiz guarded the SC-44, ONS-102, ON-115 and TAW-12 convoys, during which she participated in the attack on German U-boats, damaging many of them. She also helped British survivors.
The ship was decommissioned on June 14, 1945 and scrapped in 1946.
Some technical data:
- Displacement: 940 t (UK-925 tons),
- Length: 62.5 m (205 ft),
- Width: 10.06 m (33 ft),
- Steam engine: 2020 kW (2750 hp),
- Speed: 12 kn (22⅕ km/h, 13⅘ mph),
- Crew: 47.
Armament:
- Bow: 102 mm (4.02 in) gun,
- Stern: 7,7 mm (⅓ in) Lewis machine gun (in later versions replaced with the Oerlikon gun),
- Depth charge launchers.
Source:
- Instructions for assembly of the model. The Modelik publishing house No 8/2003
02 Jan 2020
Modeller: Rumak
Photographer: Rumak
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