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This trawler, battle-class was built in 1917 by Canadian Vickers Ltd. in Montreal, QC.
Historical Notes
This vessel foundered off White Head Bay NS on 19/08/1948.
Owners & Masters
She was commissioned on 05/06/1918.
She was transferred to the Department of Marine and Fisheries.
She acted as the mother vessel to the winter haddock fishing fleet off the east coast.
She was re-commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 13/09/1939 and renamed in 1940 as the Gate Vessel 16 at Halifax.
She was sold for commercial use in 1946.
Armament
1-12pdr
References
- Macpherson, Ken and John Burgess (1981)
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Freeman, David J. (2000)
