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Elfreda

Elfreda
Photo: RCN Official Photo

Histoire

This yacht, power-cruiser was built in 1928 by Dafoe Boat & Engine Works in Bay City, MI.

Notes historiques

In 1945 this vessel was paid off and sold.

In 1963 this vessel was broken up.

Propriétaires et capitaines

In 1928 she was owned by A.E. Fitkin.

In 1940 she was acquired by the Royal Canadian Navy as a Canadian Naval Yacht, Armed, 1940-1945.

In 1941 she was stationed as a guardship in Bedford Basin NS Canada.

In 1942 she was transferred to the Saint John Local Defence Force. Declared unfit for service she was attached to Cornwallis as a training vessel.

Reconstructions

n 1940 she was rebuilt and armed with one 12 pound gun in Quebec City PQ.

Références

  • Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
  • Freeman, David J. (2000)
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