Vessel Profile

Fir Lake (H.M.C.S.)

Fir Lake (H.M.C.S.)
Photo: Tom Rossner

Story

This minesweeper, lake-class (admiralty - type) was built in 1945 by Mac-Craft Co. Ltd. in Sarnia, ON.

Owners & Masters

She was completed in 1945 but was never commissioned.

In 1947 she was renamed as the mission ship Regina Polaris.

Armament

2-20mm

References

  • Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
  • Freeman, David J. (2000)
  • Macpherson, K. and R. Barrie (2002)
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