Ship Details

Miramichi (H.M.C.S.) (I)

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Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo

 
 
Registry #1 J.169 (RCN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1941 Miramichi (H.M.C.S.) (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1941 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 171' x 28.5' x 10.1'
Builder Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 54.9m x 8.7m x 3.0m
Hull Steel Displacement 672
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Minesweeper, Bangor-class
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 2400ihp vertical triple-expansion reciprocating engines Engine Manufacture Canadian Allis-Chalmers Ltd., Montreal PQ
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # J.169 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1941-1945 she was in service with the Royal Canadian Navy. She was sold to Union Steamship Co., Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1949-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Named for Miramichi NB.
 
Anecdotes
At the end of the Second World War this vessel was laid up in the ship boneyard at Bedwell Bay in Indian Arm BC. In 1949 this vessel was broken up at Vancouver BC.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Miramichi_(J169);
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