Q090
Origin unknown
Builder:Greavette Boats Limited Gravenhurst, Ont. |
Commissioned:November 19, 1942 |
Launched:October 21, 1942 |
Disposal:July 9, 1945 |
Career:
Sold 194? to Brian Newkirk, Toronto, Ontario and renamed Louvicourt (#178914). Was named after a gold mine near Val d’Or, Quebec since Newkirk was in the mining investment business.
Registered: Toronto to 1961.
Eng: 2 Hall-Scott petrol engines.
Owner (1961): Helicopter Sales (Caribbean) Ltd., Nassau and renamed Rosal.
Registered: Nassau.
Other pictures of Q090
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Montreal Harbour circa 1945, Q090, Q086, Q093 and Q084 decommissioned and ready for disposal by WAC. Factory of Dominion Sugar Co. (Redpath) in the background. Jocelyn Paquet collection
Rear view of the above picture. Jocelyn Paquet collection
Louvicourt
1948, owner: Brian W. Newkirk, Toronto, (still with original Hall-Scott petrol engines)
February 1948, Boating Magazine
Aug.31,1948, The Belleville Intelligencer, Prince Edward County Archives microfilm collection
Rosal
Q091
Roy Woodruff/ Musée Naval de Québec collection
Builder:Greavette Boats Limited Gravenhurst, Ont. |
Commissioned:May 17, 1943 |
Launched:May 6, 1943 |
Disposal:July 14, 1945 |
Career:
Sold $3,000, October 11, 1945 by WAC to Wendel Graham (Lobster Packer), Montague, Prince Edward Island and renamed Nine-One (# 175449).
Owner (January-April 1947) : Wendal Graham for lobster “fishing”.
Eng : 2 Mack Mfg. Co. oil engines, 350 H.P.
Sold January 10, 1951 to Grant Graham (Fisherman), Montague, Prince Edward, Island.
Sold September 4, 1952 to C. Kennedy (Lobster Packer), Bay Head, Nova Scotia.
Eng: 2 General Motors Co. oil engines, 330 H.P.
Registry closed May 2, 1955. Nine-One sprang a leak and sank eighteen miles W.S.W. of Channel Head, Newfoundland, on April 14, 1955.
Other pictures of Q091
Origin unknown
Nine-One
Q092
Roy Woodruff/ Naval Museum of Quebec collection
Builder:Hunter Boats Orillia, Ont. |
Commissioned:November 2, 1942 |
Launched:October 23, 1942 |
Disposal:June 22, 1945 |
Career:
Sold 1947 to Radium Chemical Company Limited, North Vancouver, British Columbia and renamed Suzette No. 1 (#177908).
Sold January 6, 1948 to Bahama Beach (B.C.) Ltd.Vancouver.
Eng: 2 GM oil engines, 330 H.P.
Sold May 13, 1952 to United Boats Service, New-York.
Owner (1953-1954) : Julius K. Wilson, Nassau, Bahamas.
Owner 1956: Sawyer & Sons Limited, 324 Bay Street, Nassau, Bahamas. As cargo and renamed Joy G.
Other pictures of Q092
Q092 & Q093, origin unknown
Suzette No. 1
Joy G.
Q093
Origin unknown
Builder:Hunter Boats Orillia, Ont. |
Commissioned:November 2, 1942 |
Launched:October 1, 1942 |
Disposal:July 1, 1945 |
Career:
Sold October 18, 1945 by WAC to D.L. Alexander c/o Donelma Securities Ltd, Toronto, Ontario.
May 25, 1946, burned and sank.
Other pictures of Q093
Youthful Skipper Lt. Bill Murray of Halifax, origin unknown
Montreal Harbour circa 1945, Q090, Q086, Q093 and Q084 decommissioned and ready for disposal by WAC. Jocelyn Paquet collection
Converted Fairmile Unknown
Q094
Off Newfoundland, Roy Woodruff/ Naval Museum of Quebec collection
Builder:Midland Boats Works Midland, Ont. |
Commissioned:Novemebr 19, 1942 |
Launched:November 12, 1942 |
Disposal:June 23, 1945 |
Career:
Sold October 11, 1945 for $3,000 by WAC to George Albert Griffin (Trader), Montague, Prince Edward Island.
First registry, February 11, 1947 for fishing and renamed Ernest G. (#175447).
Eng: 2 Mack Mfg. Corp., diesel engines, 250 H.P.
August 13, 1948, caught fire, beached and became a total loss at North Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Other pictures of Q094
Q094 bell-Ernie Carras collection
Lt. Albert Morrow- RCNVR, Lt. Q094, march 5, 1943- october 7, 1943
In the center with binoculars, Lt. Albert Morrow. Royal Canadian Navy collection (F-992)
Alongside an iceberg off the Coast of Newfoundland. Library and Archives Canada/ PA-129230
Ernest G
Q095
Origin unknown
Builder:Midland Boats Works Midland, Ont. |
Commissioned:May 12, 1943 |
Launched:May 3, 1943 |
Disposal:July 1, 1945 |
Career:
Sold 1947 to Rodolphe Corbeil, Lachine, Quebec, c/o Boulanger Yacht Co. and renamed Rodco (#176579).
Owner (from 1951): Ocean Interests Ltd., Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Rodco was used at West Pubnico, Nova Scotia to haul lobsters from Western Shore, Nova Scotia to Rockland , Maine, U.S.A.
Eng. : Reportedly had 2 Rolls-Royce engines fitted when built on experimental basis. Thereafter, 2 GM, 6 cyl. oil engines, 330 H.P.
Sold December 11,1963 to Clifford Shirley & Sons, Ltd., English Harbour West, Newfoundland, for cargo.
Port of registry: 1946, Montreal,Quebec. 1951, Yarmouth, Nova-Scotia. 1954, St-Andrews, New-Brunswick and 1963, St-John’s, Newfoundland.
1969, scapped at Garnish, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland. Registry closed april14,1969.
Other pictures of Q095
Q095 on left with Q100. Origin unknown
James Frost collection
May 14, 1945, surrendered U-190 entering Bay Bulls, Nfld. Library and Archives Canada/ PA-145588
Rodco
Rodco about 1948-49.
Origin unknown
1960, Bassin Louise, Québec, HStott-RB collection
Q096
Origin unknown
Builder:Minett-Shields Ltd. Bracebridge, Ont. |
Commissioned:November 9, 1942 |
Launched:October 19, 1942 |
Disposal:June 30, 1945 |
Career:
June 1945, sold $2,000 by WAC to MIL (Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel, Quebec)
October 1946, sold $6,000 by MIL to Joseph Séverin Langlois ( Quebec River Pilot), (Savoy Shipping Limited, Quebec).
1947, converted in sightseeing boat at St-Laurent Shipyard, Island of Orleans and renamed Roseline (# 177959). Owner: Quebec Waterways Sightseeing Tours. Co., Quebec, c/o J.S. Langlois and Nelson Arthur Fournier (Bus Operator).
Eng.: 2 GM 1946 oil engines, 330 H.P.
November 13, 1952, sold to Joseph Bouchard and Paul Cauchon (Contractors).
June 11, 1953, sold to Samuel George Sedgwick (Tour Boat Operator), Kingston, Ontario. and renamed Miss Kingston.
June 13, 1957, sold to Richard Dwor (Merchant), Port Colborne, Ontario c/o Kingston Excursion Limited.
December 4, 1975, sold to Inrec Limited, Kingston, Ontario.
1985, sold to Tony Garon, c/o Saint-Louis IV Inc, Lachine, Quebec and renamed Saint-Louis IV.
1995, sold to Léo-René Maranda, Montreal, Quebec .
December 20, 2004, suspended from registry (Transport Canada).
Other pictures of Q096
Origin unknown
James Hamilton Morrison collection
Roseline
1947, off Chouinard Wharf, Quebec City
1947, leaving St-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Island of Orleans in the background
Circa 1948-50 with view of Quebec Citadel.
Miss Kingston
J.W. King photography collection
May 23, 1957, Kingston, Ontario. Jocelyn Paquet collection
Saint-Louis IV
Lachine, Qc. August 18, 1987. René Beauchamp collection
On Saint-Louis Lake, Montreal, about 1993
May 1995, Bassin Louise, Quebec, author collection
La Santa Maria IV
2003, for sale, asking price: $399,000 U.S.
Q097
Origin unknown
Builder:Minett-Shields Ltd. Bracebridge, Ont. |
Commissioned:November 16, 1942 |
Launched:October 19, 1942 |
Disposal:June 29, 1945 |
Career:
October 1, 1945, sold by WAC $3,000 to Canadian Inter-American Association.
Returned to WAC and sold to J.S. Escobar ( or General G.C. Escobar), Montreal, Quebec.
Fate unknown.
Other pictures of Q097
February 1943, St-Margaret Bay, Nova Scotia. Petly Jones collection
Converted Fairmile Unknown
Q098
Q098, second from left. Origin unknown
Builder:Grew Boats LImited Penetang, Ont. |
Commissioned:November 7, 1942 |
Launched:October 24, 1942 |
Disposal:July 7, 1945 |
Career:
October 10, 1945, sold $3,000 by WAC to Irénée Sicard, Montreal, Quebec and renamed Corita (#179262).
Eng. : 2 Buda 1946 oil engines 480 H.P. (used in Sicard commercial snowblowers).
1948, sold to Rimouski Arts and Trades School, c/o Benoit Ste-Marie, Secretary, to be used as training vessel for sea cadets at the Naval School at Rimouski, Québec and renamed Le St.Barnabé.
Spring 1950, conversion at St-Laurent Shipyard, Island of Orleans, Quebec.
April 15, 1959, renamed Bic and replaced by another steel vessel renamed also Le St.Barnabé.
June 1961, Bic, broken up at St-Laurent , Island of Orleans, Quebec. Certificate cancelled, june16,1961.
Other pictures of Q098
Q098, at left. Origin unknown
Corita
Autumn 1949, at St-Laurent Shipyard, Island Of Orleans before conversion (except her new name on the hull). Jean Ouellet collection
Le St.Barnabé
Off Rimouski, calendar 1950's
René Beauchamp collection
Naval training ship, St.Barnabé
1956, docking at Chicoutimi, Québec. Office Provincial de Publicité (#210197)
1956, Chicoutimi, Quebec. Office Provincial de Publicité (#210203)
Bic
1959, St-Laurent Shipyard, Island of Orleans. La Patrie, July 26,1959
Q099
Roy Woodruff/ Naval Museum of Quebec collection
Builder:Grew Boats LImited Penetang, Ont. |
Commissioned:November 7, 1942 |
Launched:October 24, 1942 |
Disposal:June 22, 1945 |
Career:
September 29, 1945, sold by WAC for $3,000 to Joseph B. Dunkelman c/o Tip Top Tailors, Toronto, Ontario.
December 11, 1946, 1st registry and renamed Dipedon (# 177801).
October 14, 1949, sold to Nipigon Lake Timber Co. Ltd., Port Arthur, Ontario and renamed Donarvie II.
March 11, 1954, register closed, sold foreign.
May 1954, owner: Ben Shulman Associates, New-York.
About 1958, owner: Gilbert O. Weidman, St. Petersburg, Florida. U.S. #267095.
February 21, 1963, documentation surrendered, vessel dismantled.
Other pictures of Q099
Royal Canadian Navy collection (F-1008)
Dipedon
July 03, 1948. The Belleville Intelligencer, Prince Edward County Archives collection
Donarvie II
