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Blissville (H.M.C.S.)

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Registry #1 170298 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1944 Blissville (H.M.C.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1946 Blissville (C.N.A.V.) Name 7
Name 3 1946 Blissville Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1944 Place Owen Sound Area ON Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) ? x ? x ?
Builder Russel Bros. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Tug, Ville-class
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 1 – 150bhp 2nhp Diesel Engine (1944) Engine Manufacture Cummins Engine Co., Columbus IL USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
She was a Canadian Naval Tug, Ville Class, that served with the Royal Canadian Navy in 1944. In 1946 she was sold to Pictou Foundry & Machine Co., Ltd., Pictou, NS. In 1952 she was sold to Ferguson Industries, Ltd., Pictou, NS. In 1955 she was sold to Department of Public Works, Ottawa, ON. In 1968 she was sold to A & B Dredging Ltd., Long Pond, NL.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1972-06-26
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was employed as a tug at HMCS Cornwallis. Registry Closed (Vessel sank in Placentia Bay NL June 26, 1972)
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 01/03/2018); RG12 Reel T-11931 (1972) (Blissville); RG24D-1-c Volume 6739 File 8000-491/56 General Information - HMCS BLISSVILLE; DHH 81/520/8000 Box 368 File 040 BLISSVILLE - Naval messages, information card and photographs;
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