Ship Details

Beachy Head (H.M.S.)

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Registry #1 (RN) Registry #2 (Netherlands Registry) Registry #3 (RCN)
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1945 Beachy Head (H.M.S.) Name 6
Name 2 (nk) Vulkaan (R.Neth.N.S.) Name 7
Name 3 (nk) Beachy Head (H.M.S.) Name 8
Name 4 1952 Cape Scott (H.M.C.S.) Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1945 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 424.6' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement 8580
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Fleet Escort Maintenance Ship
Registered Tonnage Type 2 Canadian Naval Escort Maintenance Ship
Engine 2500ihp Dominion steam reciprocating engine Engine Manufacture Dominion Engineering Works, Montreal PQ
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1945 she was built as the Fleet Escort Maintenance Ship H.M.S. Beachy Head. She was renamed as the Royal Netherlands Navy ship Vulkaan. She was returned to the Royal Navy. She was renamed as H.M.S. Beachy Head. In 1952 she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1953 she was renamed as H.M.C.S. Cape Scott, a Canadian Naval Escort Maintenance Ship 1959-1970.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1978-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Beachy Head: A headland near Eastbourne, Sussex UK. Cape Scott: The northernmost headland of Vancouver Island BC.
 
Anecdotes
CN 998. This vessel was sold for scrap in 1977 by Crown Assets and Disposal Corporation and broken up in 1978.
 
References
Moore, Captain John (1983); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Heal, S.C. (1999); J.J. Colledge and Ben Warlow (2010) Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate Oxford UK;
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