Jun 27

Q109

Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2010 in ---Q100 to Q109

Origin unknown

Builder:

Hunter Boats

Orillia, Ont.

Commissioned:

August 23, 1943

Launched:

July 2, 1943

Disposal:

July 14, 1945

Career:

July 10, 1945, paid off and towed July 12 by naval tug GLENCOVE to Sorel, Quebec, up the river then handed over to War Assets Corporation for disposal.

October 30, 1948: first registry in Hamilton.Ontario and renamed Quetzal II (#173498). Owner: Francis Farwell c/o Canada Coach Lines Ltd. Hamilton. Ontario.

Eng. : 2 GM oil engines 450 H.P.

July 6, 1949: renamed Arara

Owner 1955-1965: Canada Illinois Tools Ltd., Don Mills, Ontario ( Harold Byron Smith, pres. Chicago, Illinois.

Registry closed January 1965. Sold to Lake Loonie N.J. Delran, New-Jersy and renamed Aruba ( USCG #D297725).

Owner 1969-1975: Elizabeth S. Skinner, St-Thomas, Virgin Islands.

Owner 1975: Layne Dredging Co. Hallandale, Florida.

Owner 197?: L.B. Co. Inc., Miami, Florida.

February 24, 1989: new registration, owner: none listed, expiration date: February 28, 1994.

Other pictures of Q109

July 1942. In the Trent Canal System and in the Peterborough lift lock. John G. Mackenzie collection (Lieutenant Q109, June 1942 to January 1945)

July 1942. In the Trent Canal System (Ontario) and in the Peterborough Lift Lock. John G. Mackenzie collection (Lieutenant Q109, June 1942 to January 1945)