Ship Details

Matane (H.M.C.S.)

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Registry #1 K.444 (RCN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1943 Matane (H.M.C.S.) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1943 Place Montreal Area QC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 283' x 36.5' x 9'
Builder Canadian Vickers Ltd. Measurement (metric) 86.26m x 11.13m x 2.74m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 1445 Type 1 Frigate (1942/3 Programme)
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 2-triple expansion steam engines Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # K.444 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1943-1945 she was in service with the Royal Canadian Navy 1943-1946. She went to Oyster Bay as a breakwater.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Named for Matane QC.
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was sold to Capital Iron & Metals Ltd. of Victoria, British Columbia in 1947 for stripping. At the end of her life this vessel was made part of the breakwater at Oyster Bay BC (Vancouver Island).
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); MacFarlane, John M. (1990) Capital Iron: Scrap dealers in Lotusland. In Resolution (Newletter of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia); Sooke Region Museum (1989); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Matane_(K444);
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