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Builder: A.C. Benson Shipyard Ltd. Vancouver, B.C.	Commissioned: October 16, 1944
Launched: ? 1944	Disposal: October 3, 1945

Career:

Sold October 2, 1945 for $3,000 by WAC to Hamiltair Ltd., Vancouver and Princess Louisa Inlet,  B.C.

Hamiltair Ltd. acquired a total of 7 Fairmiles for $21,000 (Q122, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128 and 129). The owner , Tom Hamilton intended to used the Fairmiles fleet  (after conversion and refurbishing) to handle guests at his resort “Malibu Club” in Princesss Louisa Inlet.

First registered: December 10, 1945  and renamed Malibu Inez (#176231).

Eng.:  2  Sterling Admiral 12 cylinders  petrol engines, 1800 H.P. and later changed to 2 Grey Marine Motor Co., oil engines, 45o H.P.

Owner 1951?: Cecil Irwin, New Westminster/ Nanaimo, B.C. and renamed Huntress, for side fishing.

December 13, 1951, register closed (Transport Canada). Sold to US citizens.

Renamed Viking then Island Adventures (no records)

August 1994, back in Canadian registry.

 

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Malibu Inez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huntress

Viking

Island Adventures

Origin unknown

Builder: Minett-Shields Ltd. Bracebridge, Ont.	Commissioned: August 7, 1943
Launched: June 29, 1943	Disposal: July 9, 1945

Career:

Sold October 1945 by WAC to Louis Lewin (or Levine) , Montreal, Quebec.

Sold 19??- Venezuela. (possibly Standard Oil of New-Jersey, Creole Petroleum).

Fate unknown.

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ML’s 111, 101 and 090 with mothership HMCS PRESERVER. Cornerbrook, Newfoundland. Origin unknown

Builder: J.H. Leblanc Shipbuilding Co. Weymouth, N.S.	Commissioned: September 9, 1943
Launched: August ?, 1943	Disposal: July 9, 1945

Career:

Sold November 26, 1945 by WAC to Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel, Quebec.

December 30, 1947, still at Sorel-not in operation.

September 1949, reacquired for Naval Reserves, HMCS GRIFFON, Port Arthur, Ontario for 79,000$ for 2 MLs ( with Q-062 , PTC-762), including conversion of engines.

Renamed PTC-711 then Moose and paid-off October 1956. Sold in 1956 for $5,250 by WAC to Great Lakes Lumber & Shipping Ltd., Fort Williams, Ont. (Crown Assets Report 1956-57).

Sold to King Haigh,diver, as a diving tender. Burned during refitting in 1956/57, not registered.

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Moose PTC 711

October 1943, J.J. Taylor & Sons, Toronto, Ontario. Ready for a test run in Lake Ontario. Jim Taylor collection

Builder: J.J. Taylor & Sons Ltd. Toronto, Ont.	Commissioned: October 25, 1943
Launched: September 18, 1943	Disposal: August 3, 1945

Career:

1945, retained and transferred to RCMP.  Renamed Fort Walsh-MP 33.

September 28, 1958, caught in a major storm off the coast of Newfoundland. Run ashore on the rocks of Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia. Demolished on the shores of Scatarie.

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RCMP Fort Walsh MP33

Origin unknown (HS-15252)

Builder: J.J. Taylor & Sons Ltd. Toronto, Ont.	Commissioned: November 20, 1943
Launched: November 11, 1943	Disposal: July 21, 1945

Career:

Sold  September 24, 1945 for $3,000 by WAC to Émile Chaput, Montreal, Quebec.

Sold 1947 (date of registry March 4, 1947) by WAC to C.T.M.A. (Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien),  Magdalen Islands, Quebec and renamed Lavernière (#176139).

Eng:  2  GM oil engines 330HP.

Used for transport of living lobsters via Chéticamp.

July 29, 1949,  sunk off White Point, Nova Scotia, 9 miles south of Canso, after a collision with the Quebec North Shore Paper Co’s Colabee.

Registry closed October 25, 1949.

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Missing/Wanted

Laverniere

November 24, 1943. At Toronto, newly commissioned. Origin unknown (CN-6566)

Builder: Greavette Boats Limited Gravenhurst, Ont.	Commissioned: November 20, 1943
Launched: November 11, 1943	Disposal: August 3, 1945

Career:

Retained and transferred to RCMP,  October 25, 1945. Renamed Fort Selkirk-MP31 but never commissioned.

Returned to WAC in 1946.

Resold  1946 or 47  to Ocean Charters Ltd., Yarmouth, Nova Scotia or H.P. Leask & Roy Pike, Clarence Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia and renamed Amy May (#192232).

Owner (1948) : Everett Kennedy, Bayhead, Nova Scotia.

Owner (1950) : Ocean Charters Ltd., Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

Owner (195?) : George Drew in Clark’s Harbour,  Nova Scotia and used to haul lobsters out of Western Shore, Nova Scotia to Rockland, Maine.

Owner (1953-54) : Ocean Products Ltd., Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

Burnt August 11, 1955.

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RCMP Fort Selkirk MP31

Amy Mae

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.

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Nelvana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outre Mer

1945, on patrol, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Origin unknown (S-3062)

Builder: Hunter Boats Orillia, Ont.	Commissioned: July 12, 1944
Launched: September 25, 1943	Disposal: Retained

Career:

October 13, 1943: Exploded during building at Hunter Boats, Orillia, Ontario.

Retained in RCN in 1945 and transferred to Naval Reserves in 1949 then to HMCS York in 1952 and renamed Reindeer (ex- PTC-716).

Eng. :  Hercules diesel.

Paid off in June 1955 and burned ashore at Desjardins Canal, Hamilton, Ontario.

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Reindeer PTC 716

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1945, Halifax, Nova Scotia. John G. Mackenzie collection

Builder: Grew Boats Limited Penetang, Ont.	Commissioned: November 16, 1943
Launched: November 6, 1943	Disposal: August 3, 1945

Career:

Retained in 1945,  transferred to RCMP and renamed Fort Steele.

Not commissioned, returned by RCMP in 1946 and sold by WAC for $6,000 to L.A. Schackleton, Town of Mount Royal, Quebec.

In June 1947 Mr.Shackleton  took her to New York City and intended to bring the Fairmile to Toronto in May 1948. (as per Mr.Shackleton’s letter dated February-11,1948).

Owner (1953-54) : Robert Tilley Ltd., St. John’s, Newfoundland and renamed Supertrader (# 195981).

Owner (from 1956 and 1960) : Brookfield Ice Cream Ltd., St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Owner (1965) : Eric G. Earle, Carbonear, Newfoundland, for cargo.

Owner (1972-1980+) : Earle Freighting Services Ltd., St-John’s and Carbonear, Newfoundland.

March 23, 1998, register closed (Transport Canada).

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RCMP Fort Steele

Supertrader

Polar Clipper

September 4, 1943, at sea. Origin unknown (O-15168)

Builder: Midland Boat Works Midland, Ont.	Commissioned: November 6, 1943
Launched: October ?, 1943	Disposal: July 23, 1945

Career:

Sold October 9, 1945 for $3,000 by WAC to Francis Farwell c/o Canada Coach Lines Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario.

Possibly became Franlis III as an excursion vessel in Ostend, Belgium as of 2011 (www.franlis.be).

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Franlis III