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Wilcox

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Registry #1 J.364 (RCN) Registry #2 176135 (Canada) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1944 Coquitlam (H.M.C.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1946 Wilcox Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1944 Place Nanaimo Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 114.2' x 31.9' x 10.3'
Builder Newcastle Ship Building Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 36.4m x 6.71m x 2.67m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 228 Type 1 Minesweeper, Llewellyn-class
Registered Tonnage Type 2 Passenger/Freight Vessel
Engine 500hp diesel engine Engine Manufacture Vivian Engine Works Ltd., Vancouver BC
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds She was rebuilt as a passenger freighter. Call Sign
Pendant  # J.364 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1944-1945 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946-1954 she was owned by the Anticosti Shipping Co., Montreal QC Canada.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1954-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
After the Second World War this vessel was laid up in the ship boneyard at Bedwell Bay BC Canada. After the Second World War this vessel operated between Montreal QC and Anticosti Island QC. On June 27, 1954 this vessel was blown ashore on Anticosti Island QC at Carleton Point. On December 16, 1954 this vessel grounded at La Riviere a la Patate on Anticosti Island QC Canada.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?218346; http://eedition.thoroldedition.ca/doc/thorold-niagara-news/thorold-news-june-27/2012062501/6.html#6; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5537252&q=ship%20registration%20Wilcox&ecopy=e011446359_299 (website viewed 26/02/2025);
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