Q115
Royal Canadian Navy collection (R-764)
Builder:Mac-Craft Limited Sarnia, Ont. |
Commissioned:November 16, 1943 |
Launched:November 6, 1943 |
Disposal:July 21, 1945 |
Career:
Sold September 29, 1945 for $3,ooo by WAC to Gordon Clifford Leitch c/o Upper Lake and St-Lawrence Transportation Company, Limited, Toronto, Ontario.
Converted in 1946 into motor cruiser in the J.J. Taylor & Son shipyard in Toronto and renamed Nelvana. First registry dated October 10, 1946 (# 177628).
Eng. : 2 General Motors diesel, 800 H.P.
Sale dated September 5, 1951 to Raljon Limited, Toronto, Ontario.
Sold foreign and register closed November 12, 1952. Owner: Abaco Trading Co., Toronto and Nassau, Bahamas and renamed Outre Mer.
Owner (1959) : John Townshend Benjamin, New York City and Miami, Florida.
March 1970: Sold by Costa Rica court and transferred to Panamanian registry.
Other pictures of Q115
ML’s at sea, moving to the attack. Origin unknown
Nelvana
1948, Nelvana, owner: Gordon Leitch pres. Upper Lakes & St-Lawrence Navigation Co.
Heather Colautti collection
Heather Colautti collection
Heather Colautti collection
Possibly in Chicago. Heather Colautti collection
Heather Colautti collection
Possibly Nelvana’s cook. Heather Colautti collection
Crew of Nelvana -middle is J. Alan Stewart. Heather Colautti collection
Baha Mar, Fort Lauderdale, in the background possibly Nalvana II (Q120).
Nelvana docked at Tadoussac, Quebec, circa 1948. Jocelyn Paquet collection.
Outre Mer
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