Jan 28
Q053
Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 in ---Q050 to Q059
Origin unknown
Builder:J.J.Taylor & Sons Ltd. Toronto, Ont. |
Commissioned:November 17, 1941 |
Launched:October 18, 1941 |
Disposal:June 10, 1945 |
Career:
Fairmile ML 053 distinguished herself by recovering intact, two mines of a barrage laid by U-119 in the Halifax approaches.
Sold ($7,900) November 16, 1945 by WAC to MIL, Sorel.
19??, sold to Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, N.Y.
Other pictures of Q053
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In tow to Sorel for decommissioning, pic from Q055 towing Q056 and 53, September 1945. Quebec-Levis ferry in the background.
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St-Lawrence River out of Rimouski, Quebec, Autumn 1942. John Mackenzie collection
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Gary Penelton collection
Converted Fairmile Unknown
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