Histoire
This trawler, battle-class was built in 1917 by Kingston Shipbuilding Co. Ltd..
Notes historiques
In 1924 this vessel sailed to Japan to cache fuel for the round-the-world flight of Major Stuart MacLaren. When his aircraft was wrecked at Nikolski USSR this vessel salvaged it and carried it back to Canada. While under command of Lieutenant H.R. Tingley RCN this vessel struck an uncharted rock in Thiepval Channel and sank on 27/02/1930. Her deck gun can be seen on display outside the city hall at Ucluelet BC Canada. Thiepval Channel in the Broken Group north and east of Turret Island in the Barclay District, named for the RCN minesweeper H.M.C.S. Thiepval which sank there 27/02/1930 and whose wreck still there.
Propriétaires et capitaines
She was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy 1918-1920.
She was turned over to the Canada Department of Marine and Fisheries as a patrol vessel.
She was commissioned again into the Royal Canadian Navy 01/04/1923.
Armement
1-12pdr gun
Signification du nom
Named for the site of major engagements by Canadian forces in the First World War.
Lieux nommés
Thiepval Channel (BC)
Références
- Macpherson, Ken and John Burgess (1981)
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa
- David J. (2000)
