Cailiff (H.M.S.)

H.M.S. Cailiff (as this vessel was originally known) was built as one of sixteen Western-Isles Class Anti-Submarine Trawler for the Royal Navy. (164&rsquo: x 27.6’ x 8.5’. This vessel carried one 12 pound gun and 3-20mm guns. This vessel was manned by 4 officers and 36 hands.) this vessel was one of eight loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy as escorts for coastal convoys. In spite of the loan this vessel was not commissioned into the RCN but was manned by an RN crew. This vessel was commissioned at Collingwood Ontario on September 17, 1942 and named for the Cailiff Rocks in New Brunswick. MacPherson & Burgess (in The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910-1981) note that this vessel was initially allocated to the Halifax Local Defence Force in December 1943, where this vessel remained until the end of the war. This vessel was returned to the RN on June 10, 1945 and sold into merchant service in 1947.