Ship Details

Saskatchewan (H.M.C.S.) (II)

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Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 
 
Registry #1 DDE.262 (RCN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1963 Saskatchewan (H.M.C.S.) (II) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1963 Place Esquimalt Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 366' x 42' x 13.5'
Builder Yarrows Ltd. Measurement (metric) 111.6m x 12.8m x 4.1m
Hull Steel Displacement 2263
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Destroyer Escort, Mackenzie Class
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 2 geared electric steaam turbine engines Engine Manufacture Victoria Machinery Depot Ltd., Victoria BC
Repower Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # DDE.262 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1963-1994 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
She was laid-up in 1994. On June 14, 1997 this vessel was sunk as an artificial reef off Snake Island BC about two km east of Nanaimo BC Canada.
 
References
Vancouver Sun. Wednesday, October 23, 1996; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa; Richard Wall (2014 Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia);
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