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Eskimo (R.C.A.F.)

Eskimo (R.C.A.F.)
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Histoire

This supply vessel (type i) was built in 1942 by Smith & Rhuland Ltd. in Lunenburg, NS.

Notes historiques

This vessel was a sister ship to Royal Canadian Air Force Beaver. This vessel was employed by the Royal Canadian Air Force at Dartmouth NS. This vessel was wrecked and the hull burned on March 11, 1958.

Propriétaires et capitaines

In 1942 she was owned by Walter Laurence K. Sweeney, Yarmouth, NS Canada.

In 1942 she was purchased by the Royal Canadian Air Force.

In 1945 she was owned by The Governors and Company of Adventurers of England, Trading into Hudson’s Bay, Winnipeg, MB

Références

  • Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 17/07/2018)
  • RG12 Volume 805 File 9015-L24 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES - LAWRENCE K. SWEENEY M.V.
  • DHH 181.009 (loD1164) EAC - Operations Marine Craft M.456 – ESKIMO 1943
  • DHH 181.003 (D2296) EAC - Operations Marine Craft M.456 – ESKIMO 1943-1947
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