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Q059

Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 in ---Q050 to Q059

q059-1Origin unknown

Builder:

Minett-Shields Ltd.

Bracebridge, Ont.

Commissioned:

May 26, 1942

Launched:

April 23, 1942

Disposal:

May 27, 1946

Career:

Sold ($3,000) by WAC to MIL, Sorel.

Sold subsequently in 1946 for $5,000  to Capt.  J. Severin Langlois (St-Lawrence River pilot) of Savoy Shipping Ltd. Quebec.

Used for spare parts during conversions of Roseline (ex-Q096) in 1947 and Duc D’Orleans (ex-Q105)  in 1948 at Saint-Laurent Shipyard, Island of Orleans.

Burned on the shore of Saint-Laurent, around 1959.

Other pictures of Q059

Roy Woodruff collection

Roy Woodruff / Musée Naval de Québec collection

Port Carling Boats Works Ltd., Port Carling Ont.

Port Carling Boats Works Ltd. Port Carling Ont. Origin unknown

 

Kathy Cullen collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Department of National Defence (AL 0258-2)

Royal Canadian Navy(AL 0258-2)

At Halifax, 72nd flotilla standing by as a striking forces. Origin unknown

At Halifax, 72nd flotilla standing by as a striking forces. Origin unknown

At Port Carling Works Ltd. Port Carling, Ont.

Origin unknown

At Port Carling Boats Works Ltd. Port Carling Ont. Origin unknown

At Port Carling Boats Works Ltd. Port Carling Ont. Origin unknown

David Carriere collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Carriere collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q059 for spare parts at Chantier Maritime St-Laurent, Isle of Orleans, circa 1955. Author collection

Q059 for spare parts at Chantier Maritime Saint-Laurent, Island of Orleans, circa 1955. Author collection

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