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Oshawa (H.M.C.S.)Photo Credit: Unknown |
Registry #1 | J.330 (RCN) | Registry #2 | 174 (RCN) | Registry #3 | |
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1943 | Oshawa (H.M.C.S.) | Name 6 | ||
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Name 2 | Name 7 | ||||
Name 3 | Name 8 | ||||
Name 4 | Name 9 | ||||
Name 5 | Name 10 |
Year Built | 1943 | Place | Port Arthur | Area | ON | Country | Canada |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 225' x 35.5' x 8.5' |
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Builder | Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Measurement (metric) | 68.6m x 10.8m x 2.6m |
Hull | Steel | Displacement | |
Gross Tonnage | Type 1 | Minesweeper, Algerine-class | |
Registered Tonnage | Type 2 | ||
Engine | Engine Manufacture | (nk) | |
Repower | Propulsion | Screw | |
Rebuilds | Call Sign | ||
Pendant # | J.330 / 174 | Masters |
Owner(s) |
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In 1943 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy. |
Fate | Registry closed | Date | 0000-00-00 |
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Significance of Name |
Anecdotes |
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From (onvc.tripod.com/HMCS_Oshawa.html): HMCS Oshawa (J330/174) was an Algerine-class minesweeper of the Royal Canadian Navy. Commissioned at Port Arthur on July 6, 1944, this vesselarrived at Halifax on August 18. This vessel worked up in Bermuda in September and on her return was allocated to EG W-6 of Western Escort Force as Senior Officer's Ship. The group was disbanded in June, 1945, and Oshawa was paid off into maintenance reserve at Sydney on July 28. this vessel was recommissioned on October 24, and in November sailed for Esquimalt. This vessel arrived there December 21, and on February 26, 1946, was paid off into reserve. During one more commission from April 11, 1956 to November 7, 1958. this vessel was extensively converted for oceanographic research, in which role this vesselcontinued, civilian-manned, until sold and broken up at Victoria in 1966. |
References |
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Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); http://onvc.tripod.com/HMCS_Oshawa.html |
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