Ship Details

QW2

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Registry #1 115849 (Canada) Registry #2 QW.2 (RCN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1902 Tarantula Name 6
Name 2 1914 QW2 Name 7
Name 3 1917c Tuna (H.M.C.S.) (I) Name 8
Name 4 1919c Tuna (I) Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1902 Place London Area Country UK
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 152.7' x 15.3' x 8.7'
Builder Yarrows Ltd., UK Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 124 Type 1 Yacht, power-cruiser
Registered Tonnage 84 Type 2 Patrol vessel
Engine 59nhp steam engine (1902) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # QW.2 Masters Jack Ross (1914)
 
Owner(s)
In 1902-1914 she was owned by W.K. Vanderbilt Jr., New York NY USA. In 1914 she was owned by Jack Ross, Toronto ON Canada. In 1914-1917 she was acquired as a Canadian Naval Torpedo Boat, as a Tender to Diana, QW2 in service with the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1919-1935 she was owned by The Minister of the Naval Service, Ottawa ON Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1930-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was paid-off in 1917 as a result of damage to the engine mounts. This vessel was sold and stripped for salvage in 1918. In the 1930s her hull lay in the Northwest Arm, at Halifax NS.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Tuna (website viewed 23/06/2024);
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