Ship Details |
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Shediac (H.M.C.S.)Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo |
Registry #1 | K.110 (RCN) | Registry #2 | (Netherlands Registry) | Registry #3 | |
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1941 | Shediac (H.M.C.S.) | Name 6 | ||
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Name 2 | 1954 | Jooske W. Vinke | Name 7 | ||
Name 3 | Name 8 | ||||
Name 4 | Name 9 | ||||
Name 5 | Name 10 |
Year Built | 1941 | Place | Lauzon | Area | QC | Country | Canada |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 205' x 33' x 13.5' |
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Builder | Davie Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Lauzon PQ | Measurement (metric) | ?m x ?m x ?m |
Hull | Steel | Displacement | 950 |
Gross Tonnage | 1036 | Type 1 | Corvette, Flower Class (1939-40 Canadian Building Programme) |
Registered Tonnage | Type 2 | Whale Hunter | |
Engine | 2750ihp 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. Afterwards she was converted as a whaler. | Call Sign | |
Pendant # | K.110 | Masters |
Owner(s) |
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In 1942-1946 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy. |
Fate | Registry closed | Date | 1966-09-00 |
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Named Features | |
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Significance of Name | Named after the town of Shediac, New Brunswick. |
Anecdotes |
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This vessel was launched on 29/04/1941. 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 as Bedwell Bay in Indian Arm BC. This vessel arrived in Santander Spain in 09/1966 to be broken up by by Recuperaciones Submarines S.A. |
References |
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Macpherson, Ken and Marc Milner (1993); Macpherson, Ken and John Burgess (1981); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Shediac; |
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