Story
This patrol vessel was built in 1913 by Dublin Dockyard Co. Ltd..
Historical Notes
In 1947 this vessel was sold and broken up at Victoria BC Canada.
Owners & Masters
In 1913 she joined the Canada Department of Marine & Fisheries as a fishery patrol on the West Coast as C.G.S. Malaspina.
In 1914 she took up part-time patrol duty for the Royal Canadian Navy.
In 1917 she was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy as H.M.C.S. Malaspina interdicting contraband in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
In 1920 she was transferred into service of the Ministry of Marine, Ottawa ON as C.G.S. Malaspina.
In 1939 she was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy as H.M.C.S. Malaspina for patrol and examination service.
She was later taken over by H.M.C.S. Royal Roads as a training vessel.
In 1945 she was paid off.
In 1946-1947 she was owned by Canadian Government for the Department of Fisheries, Ottawa ON Canada.
Armament
1-6pdr gun
References
- Canada List of Shipping
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- Freeman, David J. (2000)
