Ship Details

Runnymede (H.M.C.S.)

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Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo

 
 
Registry #1 K.678 (RCN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1943 Runnymede (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, River-class
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine Reciprocating vertical triple expansion steam engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # K.678 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1944-1946 she was in Royal Canadian Navy service. In 1947 she was sold to Capital Iron & Metals Ltd. of Victoria, British Columbia for scrapping.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Named for York ON.
 
Anecdotes
After the Second World War this vessel was placed in the ship boneyard at Bedwell Bay BC. In 1947 this vessel was sold to Capital Iron & Metals Ltd. of Victoria, British Columbia for scrapping. Her hull was stripped and it was expended as a breakwater in Kelsey Bay, British Columbia.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Runnymede;
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