Ship Details

Cape Breton (H.M.C.S.) (II)

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Registry #1 (RN) Registry #2 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1945 Flamborough Head (H.M.S.) Name 6
Name 2 (nk) Cape Breton (H.M.C.S.) (II) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1945 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 424.6' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement 8580
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Maintenance Vessel (Naval)
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 2500ihp Dominion steam reciprocating engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1945 she was owned by the Royal Navy as the Maintenance Vessel H.M.S. Flamborough Head. In 1951 she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as H.M.C.S. Cape Breton as Canadian Naval Escort Maintenance Ship. In 1999 she was sold to the Artificial Reef Society.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 2001-10-20
 
Named Features
Significance of Name A headland on the east coast of the UK near Bridlington Yorkshire.
 
Anecdotes
CN1004. In 1953 this vessel was a Training Ship for Artificers. In 1958 this vessel was converted to an Escort Maintenance Ship. In 1959 this vessel was a Mobile Repair Ship. This vessel was decomissioned and maintained as a hulk 1972-1993 as a base for the Fleet Maintenance Group Pacific). This vessel was sunk as a diving reef near Nanaimo British Columbia on October 20, 2001.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Heal, S.C. (1999)
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