Ship Details

Grilse (H.M.C.S.) (I)

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Registry #1 (US Registry) Registry #2 134549 (Canada) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1912 Winchester (I) Name 6
Name 2 1915 Grilse (H.M.C.S.) (I) Name 7
Name 3 1922 Trillora Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1912 Place Glasgow Area Scotland Country UK
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 202.3' x 18.3' x 9.2'
Builder Yarrows Ltd., UK Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 287 Type 1 Torpedo Boat Destroyer
Registered Tonnage 157 Type 2 Yacht, armed
Engine 6000hp engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
She was purchased in the USA by the Royal Canadian Navy as a Canadian Naval Torpedo Boat Destroyer in service 1915-1916, 1917-1918. In 1919 she was owned by The Minister of the Naval Service, Ottawa ON Canada. She was unsuccessfully put up for sale in 1920. She was attached to a youth training program in Halifax NS 1921-1922. In 1922 she was owned by Solomon Guggenheim.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1938-09-21
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was stationed in the Caribbean in 1916 and was reported lost in a storm. Heavily damaged this vessel turned up at Shelburne NS three days later. Repaired this vessel resumed patrol duties until paid off in 1918. This vessel foundered on 21/09/1938 in a hurricane in Long Island Sound USA.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000)
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