Historia
This crash boat was built in 1954 by S.G. Powell Shipyard in Dunville, ON.
Notas históricas
This vessel was built as the R.C.A.F. Black Duck. This vessel was an Royal Canadian Air Force crashboat at Royal Canadian Air Force Station Comox. This vessel was acquired by the Canadian Navy as a Canadian Naval Patrol Craft, Rescue 1965-1998. This vessel was laid up March 19, 1998. This vessel was afloat in 2004. Lucian Ploias (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 17/12/2016) states that "this vessel sank at her mooring in 2005 at the Vancouver Maritime Museum, was raised and broken up."
Propietarios y capitanes
In 1954-1964 she was owned by Minister of National Defence (Royal Canadian Air Force), Ottawa ON Canada.
In 1985-1998 she was owned by the Canadian Armed Forces.
She was purchased by the Vancouver Maritime Museum for use as a tender.
Significado del nombre
Named for the Black Duck
Referencias
- A.D. Baker (comp.) (1999)
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Isenor, D.E., W.N. McInnis, E.G. Stephens and D.E. Watson. (1987)
- Freeman, David J. (2000)
- Brouwer, Norman J. (1993)
- Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 17/08/2018)
