Ship Details
Flamborough Head (H.M.S.) Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	(RN)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1945	Flamborough Head (H.M.S.)	Name 6
Name 2	(nk)	Cape Breton (H.M.C.S.) (II)	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			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	Maintenance Vessel (Naval)
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	2500ihp Dominion steam reciprocating engine	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)

In 1945 she was owned by the Royal Navy as the H.M.S. Flamborough Head. In 1951 she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as H.M.C.S. Cape Breton as Canadian Naval Escort Maintenance Ship. In 1953 she was a Training Ship for Artificers. In 1958 she was converted to an Escort Maintenance Ship. In 1959 she was a Mobile Repair Ship. She was demissioned and maintained as a hulk 1972-1993 as a base for the Fleet Maintenance Group Pacific). In 1999 she was sold to the Artificial Reef Society.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	2001-10-20

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	A headland on the east coast of the UK near Bridlington Yorkshire.

 

Anecdotes
CN1004. In 1953 this vessel was a Training Ship for Artificers. In 1958 this vessel was converted to an Escort Maintenance Ship. In 1959 this vessel was a Mobile Repair Ship. This vessel was decomissioned and maintained as a hulk 1972-1993 as a base for the Fleet Maintenance Group Pacific). This vessel was sunk as a diving reef near Nanaimo British Columbia on October 20, 2001.

 

References
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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