Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p HMCS Swansea was a Canadian River-class frigate that was the most successful U-boat hunter in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War, having a hand in the destruction of four of them. She saw service in the Battle of the Atlantic from 1943-1945. Following the war she was refit as a Prestonian-class frigate. She is named for Swansea, Ontario.Swansea was ordered in October 1941 as part of the 1942-1943 building program. She was laid down on 15 July 1942 by Yarrows Ltd. at Esquimalt and launched 19 December 1942. Swansea was commissioned into the RCN at Victoria, British Columbia on 4 October 1943 with the pennant K328.. }
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- HMCS_Swansea_(K328) abstract "HMCS Swansea was a Canadian River-class frigate that was the most successful U-boat hunter in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War, having a hand in the destruction of four of them. She saw service in the Battle of the Atlantic from 1943-1945. Following the war she was refit as a Prestonian-class frigate. She is named for Swansea, Ontario.Swansea was ordered in October 1941 as part of the 1942-1943 building program. She was laid down on 15 July 1942 by Yarrows Ltd. at Esquimalt and launched 19 December 1942. Swansea was commissioned into the RCN at Victoria, British Columbia on 4 October 1943 with the pennant K328.".