May 1943, anti-sub exercises. Large black flag indicates radio asdic contact.

Origin unknown

Builder: Midland Boat Works Midland, Ont.	Commissioned: November 18, 1941
Launched: August 22, 1941	Disposal: July 8, 1945

Career:

The first of a serie of 80 type B Fairmiles built for the RCN in December 1940, on the 1940-41 program 24 were ordered (ML 050 to 073).

Sold November 16, 1945 ($7,900) by War Assets Corporation (WAC) to Marine Industries Ltd. Sorel (MIL) and returned for resale to Consolidated Shipbuilding Ltd., Morris Heights, N.Y.

In 1946, resold to Standard Oil Bahamas Ltd. (Bermuda) and renamed  Stanba I (#176991). Used for offshore geomagnetic surveying in Bahamas.

Reg’d: Nasseau, Bahamas.

Eng.: 2  Hall-Scott Motor Co.  petrol engines.

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Stanba I