Q120
Builder:J.H. Leblanc Shipbuilding Co. Weymouth, N.S. |
Commissioned:January 27, 1944 |
Launched:January 8, 1944 |
Disposal:July 23, 1945 |
July 27, 1944, “Full Speed”, in bound to Halifax, Nova-Scotia. Mike Heenan collection (HS-15253)
Career:
Sold September 29, 1945 for $3,ooo by WAC to G.C.Leicht , Upper Lake & St. Lawrence Transportation Co., Ltd. Toronto, Ontario.
First registered, October 25, 1949 and renamed Nelvana II (#190893).
Eng. : 2 12 cyl. 1947 GMs, reconditionned and installed by J.J. Taylor Ltd. Toronto.
November 7, 1949, renamed Osceola.
Sent to Florida for Winters (1958), as per Jack Leitch.
Sold October 19, 1960 to Newfoundland Tractor & Equipment co. Ltd., St. John’s, Newfoundland. As a private yacht for Ches Pippy family.
Owner (1972-74), Navigation Nutak, Sept Iles, Quebec.
Owner (1974-77) Joan A. Molz ( wife of Herbert F. Molz), Toronto, Ontario. and renamed The Lady Galadriel (bought for $33,000 as per Stephen Molz, June 2010).
Eng.: 2 Volvo 312 H.P. 6 cyl. turbo-charged diesels.
1978, transferred to Rohan Contracting Ltd. (owner, Herbert F. Molz, Annapolis, MD. U.S.A.
Owner (1986): Capitol Boars Inc. and renamed Independence.
1986, sold by Capitol Boars Ltd. to State of Maryland as Governor’s launch and renamed Maryland Independence ( USCG #662573).
December 21, 2003, sold on eBay for $275,100 US .
Owner (2004): Paul W. Davies, Hagerstown, MD. for recreationnal use.
Owners (May 17, 2006): John Mabry, Baltimore, MD. and Tim Dauses, Kingsville, MD.
Owner 2011, Maryland Independence LLC, Woodstock, MD. c/o John Mabry & Tim Dauses.
Owner ( Nov. 24, 2016): Juan Francisco Cuartas Villegas and renamed Varuna. Port of registry, Savannah, Ga.
USCG: out of service Sept. 26, 2011.
Other pictures of Q120
Origin unknown
1946, after decommissioning, Toronto, Ontario. Origin unknown
James Edward McCullogh collection
Nelvana II
January, 1947, Boating Magazine
Osceola
Osceola leaving the Cuyahoga in the late 1950s. Fred Bultman collection.
1960, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, intercoastal yacht bassin. Delcampe collection
Heather Colautti collection
Owner 1960-72, Ches Pippy family, Newfoundland. Benoit Belly collection.
The Lady Galadriel
February 26, 1978, The City magazine, Toronto, Ontario
1978, Port Credit Marina, Ontario. Ken Maxwell collection.
Toronto, Ont. Oct. 04 1974. Bowling Green State University collection.
Circa 1979, The Great Lakes Fisherman magazine.
Independence
Maryland Independence
CIrca 2004, Annapolis, Maryland. Joe Scharnus collection
Circa 2004, Joe Scharnus collection
Restoration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr6SC2GaTgs
Varuna
Fairmiles of Weymouth N.S. collection
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