Ship Details |
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Moncton (H.M.C.S.) (I)Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo |
Registry #1 | K.139 (RCN) | Registry #2 | Registry #3 | ||
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1941 | Moncton (H.M.C.S.) (I) | Name 6 | ||
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Name 2 | 1955 | Willem Vinke | Name 7 | ||
Name 3 | Name 8 | ||||
Name 4 | Name 9 | ||||
Name 5 | Name 10 |
Year Built | 1941 | Place | Saint John | Area | NB | Country | Canada |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 205' x 33' x 13.5' |
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Builder | Saint John Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Saint John NB | Measurement (metric) | ?m x ?m x ?m |
Hull | Steel | Displacement | 950 |
Gross Tonnage | Type 1 | Corvette, Flower-class (1939-40 Canadian Building Programme) | |
Registered Tonnage | Type 2 | Whaling Ship | |
Engine | 2750ihp steam reciprocating engine with a 4-cylinder Triple expansion engine with 2 Scotch marine boilers. | Engine Manufacture | (nk) |
Repower | Propulsion | Screw | |
Rebuilds | She was modernized and her forecastle was extended at Vancouver BC in 1944. She was converted and renamed as a Dutch whaler in 1955. | Call Sign | |
Pendant # | K.139 | Masters |
Owner(s) |
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In 1941-1945 she was in service with the Royal Canadian Navy. |
Fate | Registry closed | Date | 1966-00-00 |
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Named Features | |
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Significance of Name | Named for Moncton NB. |
Anecdotes |
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This vessel was launched on 11/08/1941. This vessel carried 230 tons of fuel and could reach 16 knots. Her endurance was 3450nm at 12 knots. This vessel carried a complement of 7 officers and 85-90 other ranks. At the end of the Second World War this vessel was laid up in the ship boneyard at Bedwell Bay in Indian Arm BC. this vessel was broken up September in 1966 at Santander, Cantabria, Spain by Recuparciones Submarinas S.A. |
References |
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Macpherson, Ken and Marc Milner (1993); Macpherson, Ken and John Burgess (1981); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Moncton_(K139); |
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