Q110
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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Origin unknown
ML's 110 and 090. Red Bay, Strait of Belle Isle, Labrador, Newfounfland. Origin unknown
William B.Bailey. RCNVR, C.O. Q110. Bill Bailey collection
1945, William B.Bailey. RCNVR, C.O. Q110. Bill Bailey collection
Q111
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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ML’s 111 and 059. Origin unknown
Moose PTC 711
HMCS Moose PTC 711 in Port Arthur. Ken Mac Askill collection
Visit of 5 ML’s to Ottawa , Summer 1951. PTC 711 from HMCS Griffon through the set of eight locks, Rideau Canal. Crowsnest, October 1951 (O-2023-2)
Q112
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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Origin unknown
October 1943. Fitting out at J.J. Taylor & Sons’ shipyard, Toronto, Ontario. Jim Taylor collection
Lt Roy C. Denny, RCNVR, left. Jim Taylor collection
RCMP Fort Walsh MP33
RCMP Fort Walsh (call sign CGMR). RCMP/Spud Roscoe collection
Summer 1954, Rimouski, Quebec. RCMP Fort Walsh and St-Barnabé (ex-Q098). Jean Ouellet collection
Jean-Pierre Charest collection
Origin unknown
September 28, 1958. Rocky shores of Scatterie Island, Nova Scotia. Bonnie-Jarvis-Lowe collection
Q113
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
1946, Lavernière. Origin, Gerald Leblanc, C.T.M.A. Group
Q114
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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Halifax based Fairmiles. Origin unknown (HS15252).
RCMP Fort Selkirk MP31
RCMP Fort Selkirk, never commissioned and transferred back to WAC. Library and Archives Canada / PA-209436.
April 10, 1947. Globe & Mail, Toronto, Ontario.
Amy Mae
Hubert Hall collection
Q115
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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ML’s at sea, moving to the attack. Origin unknown
Nelvana
1948, Nelvana, owner: Gordon Leitch pres. Upper Lakes & St-Lawrence Navigation Co.
Heather Colautti collection
Heather Colautti collection
Heather Colautti collection
Possibly in Chicago. Heather Colautti collection
Heather Colautti collection
Possibly Nelvana’s cook. Heather Colautti collection
Crew of Nelvana -middle is J. Alan Stewart. Heather Colautti collection
Baha Mar, Fort Lauderdale, in the background possibly Nalvana II (Q120).
Nelvana docked at Tadoussac, Quebec, circa 1948. Jocelyn Paquet collection.
Outre Mer
Q116
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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May 13 1944, Hunter Boats Works, Orillia, Ontario.Toronto Star Archives collection
July 27, 1943. Origin unknown
In Peterborough lift-lock, Trent Canal at Kirkfield, Ontario. Origin unknown
Reindeer PTC 716
Trent River, Ont. Mid-50’s. Dennis Cardy collection
ML-Q116-as-HMCS-Reindeer-716–MIKAN-No–4938638 Hamilton, Ontario, 23 April 1953.
Circa 1953. Reindeer PTC 716 at Hamilton Harbour Commissioners Marine Dock. René Beauchamp collection
Circa June 1955, Reindeer burned ashore at Desjardins Canal,adjacent to Hamilton, Ontario. Origin unknown
Q117
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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Origin unknown
Gary Penelton collection
Surrender of U-889 to the RCN off Shelburne, Nova-Scotia on 13 may 1945-William Gard collection
May 1945. Shelburne, Nova Scotia. U-boat surrender.Members of U-889’s crew being brought into port on Q117. Library and Archives Canada / PA-173341
RCMP Fort Steele
Supertrader
Polar Clipper
Q118
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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Origin unknown
Franlis III
Franlis III, Oostende, Belgium. Origin unknown.
Origin unknown
Origin unknown
Origin unknown
Q119
Q119 leading a flotilla to sea during Motor Launch trials off Halifax, Nova Scotia. Library and Archives Canada / PA-132455
Builder:Minett-Shields Ltd. Bracebridge, Ont. |
Commissioned:November 16, 1943 |
Launched:October 30, 1943 |
Disposal:August 3, 1945 |
Career:
In 1945 , retained and transferred to RCMP. Served in the RCMP until 1958 as a patrol vessel renamed Fort Pitt.
Sold in 1958 for $7,500 by WAC to James Carrell Slater (Provincial Land Surveyor), Kingston, Nova Scotia and renamed Sondra II (after his daughter) (# 193893).
Registered as a yacht in LaHave, Nova Scotia on april 15, 1958. Engs. : 2 Vivian oil engines, 550 HP.
Sold January 1978 to Susan Marlaine Craig (School Teacher) , Belleville , Ontario.
During the year 1978, Susan Craig and David Keller worked on Sondra II, ripping out bunks, rebuilding and refinishing the whole interior down to the unpainted mahogany and sailed her to the Caribbean. In june 1981, Suzan Craig transferred the ownership to David R. Keller.
On the night of September 21, 1989, during Hurricane Hugo, unattended Sondra II dragged anchor, hit rocks and sunk off the main pier in Fredericksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands.
October 18, 2004, suspended from registry (Transport Canada).
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Gary Penelton collection
RCMP Fort Pitt MP34
Sondra II
Circa 1958-60, Lunemberg, Nova Scotia. Hubert Hall collection
September 1962, La Have, Nova Scotia. Hubert Hall collection
Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, August 1964. Stephen MacMurray collection
September 1973, Mahone Bay N.S. Barrie Macleod collection
1978, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. Marni Craig collection
1989, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Marni Craig collection
