HMCS Vimy
.jpg) Vimy (right) and St Julien (left) under construction in Toronto, 1917 | |
| History | |
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  Canada
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| Name: | Vimy |
| Namesake: | Battle of Vimy Ridge |
| Builder: | Polson Iron Works Limited, Toronto, Ontario |
| Launched: | 17 July 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 13 November 1917 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 November 1918 |
| Renamed: | Re-designated Lightship No. 5 |
| Fate: | Possibly broken up around 1958 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Battle class naval trawler |
| Displacement: | 320 long tons (330 t) |
| Length: | 130 ft (40 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Speed: | 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
| Armament: | 1 × QF 12-pounder (76-mm) gun |
HMCS Vimy was one of twelve Battle class naval trawlers used by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). Named after the Battle of Vimy Ridge, she was built by Polson Iron Works, in Toronto, Ontario, and was commissioned on 13 November 1917. Decommissioned on 30 November 1918, she was subsequently transferred to the Department of Marine and Fisheries, which converted her into a lightship, like sister ships HMCS Messines, HMCS St. Eloi, and HMCS St. Julien. Eventually designated Lightship No. 5, Vimy was probably broken up in around 1958.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Ken Macpherson and John Burgess, The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910-1993 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships, (St. Catharines, Ont.: Vanwell Pub., 1994), 25. ISBN 0-920277-91-8
- ↑ Charles D. Maginley and Bernard Collin, The Ships of Canada's Marine Services, St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing, 2001, 113. ISBN 1-55125-070-5
External links
- Battle Class trawlers
- Canadian Navy Heritage Project: Ship Technical Information
- Canadian Navy Heritage Project: Photo Archive
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