Histoire
This fleet escort maintenance ship was built in 1945 by Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. in North Vancouver, BC.
Notes historiques
CN 998. This vessel was sold for scrap in 1977 by Crown Assets and Disposal Corporation and broken up in 1978.
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1945 she was built as the Fleet Escort Maintenance Ship H.M.S. Beachy Head.
She was renamed as the Royal Netherlands Navy ship Vulkaan.
She was returned to the Royal Navy.
She was renamed as H.M.S. Beachy Head.
In 1952 she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy.
In 1953 she was renamed as H.M.C.S. Cape Scott, a Canadian Naval Escort Maintenance Ship 1959-1970.
Signification du nom
Beachy Head: A headland near Eastbourne, Sussex UK. Cape Scott: The northernmost headland of Vancouver Island BC.
Références
- Moore, Captain John (1983)
- 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
