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WHERE THE ML's GOT TO:
(as of 10 July, 2009)
SOURCES: 1. H.T. Lenton & J.J. Colledge "Warships of World War
II, Part Seven: Coastal Forces", Ian Allan, London
June 1963
2. Manual list, Marc-André Morin, Ste-Foy, Quebec
3. Manual list, David Freeman, Victoria, B.C.
4. Lloyd's Registers - Shipping, Yachts, and American
Yachts, 1946/'47 to 2003 (Toronto Pub. Library &
R.C.Y.C.)
5. Dept. of Transport/Transport Canada Registers of
Shipping, 1947 to 2003, & on web to 2004 (D.O.T. &
Transport Can.)
6. National Archives of Can., RG 12, Vol. 5394
7. NOAC members, & Transport Can. correspondents: James
Salt, Doug Wilson, Don Powers
8. Transport Canada district offices & retired personnel
9. Correspondence: Reserve Divn. C.O.s; CDR A.B. Harris
10. Gibraltar-based web site
11. U.S.C.G. ship register web site (current only)
NOTES:
1. Canadian Naval Fairmiles were in the assigned group Q-050 to
Q-129. They were not (officially) named, until post-war at
Naval Divisions; then not truly commissioned but tenders.
2. Per H.T. Lenton's Part 7 - "Coastal Forces": following numbers
of Motor Launches that look like Cdn. numbers were 'war
losses':
In 1940 - Q-127 - as an RN ML. See builders' nos. below.
" 1942 - Q-129
(same)
" 1943 - Q-126
(same)
But these were all RN MLs, so care needs to be taken in
checking post-war not to include them as "Canadian"
3. LeBlanc Shipbuilding also built 8 Fairmile B's for RN,
transferred on completion to U.S.N., in 392-399 series.
Never RCN ships.
4. Also per Lenton the following were "transferred to the French
Navy" in 1943-1944. These were Canadian-built Fairmile B's,
were RCN ships, and returned at war's end to Canada. See
histories below.
Q-052 as FFN GALANTRY
Q-062 as FFN LANGLADE
Q-063 as FFN COLOMBIER
(Q-123 as FFN ST RONAN appears in some Canadian lists,
but she was an ex-RN Fairmile.)
5. Some early U.K. build numbers were duplicates of later
assigned Cdn. numbers. Nos. 100 - 111 were Fairmile "A"
Class (3 shaft); re-used duplicated nos. show original
builders as:
100, 102, 112: by Woodnutt (St. Helen's)
103, 114, 127: by Brooke Marine (Oulton Broad)
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104, 122: by Dickie (Bangor)
108, 126: by Jas. Miller (St. Monance)
113: by Tough Bros. (Teddington)
117: by Lady Bee (Southwick)
121: by Woodnutt (Dumbarton)
123: by Curtis (Looe) ST RONAN
124: by Dickie (Tarbert)
125: by Doig (Grimsby)
128: by Harris (Appledore)
129: by Mashford Bros. (Cremyll)
6. Canadian builders were: * (per Lenton and M-A. Morin, Que.)
A.C. Benson, Vancouver: [B] 068, 069, 128, 129
Greavette Boats, Gravenhurst: [G] 054, 055, 056, 077, 078,
089, 090, 091, 114 **
Grew Boats, Penetanguishene: [P] 072, 073, 098, 099, 100, 106,
107, 117
Hunter Boats, Orillia: [H] 060, 061, 085, 092, 093, 109, 116
LeBlanc Shipbuilding, Weymouth, N.S.: [L] 064, 065, 083, 084,
111, 120, 121
Mac-Craft Boats, Sarnia: [MAC] 062, 063, 101, 102, 103, 104,
105, 115
Midland Boat Works, Midland, ON.: [M]; some built under name
of Honey Harbour Navigation Co.: 050, 051, 081, 082, 094,
095, 108, 118
Minette Shields, Bracebridge, ON.: [MS] 057, 058, 059, 074,
075, 076, 096, 097, 110, 119
Star Shipyard, New Westminster, B.C.: [S] 070, 071, 125, 126,
127
J.J. Taylor, Toronto: [T] Some built under name of War Supply
Ltd., Toronto: 052, 053, 079, 080, 086, 088, 112, 113
Vancouver Shipyard: [V] 066, 067, 122, 123, 124
(* [B, M, MS] etc. = code for builder used below)
** Macpherson says Greavette's sub-contracted at least Q-054
Q-055 and Q-056 to Sachau's boat yard on the Humber
River, maybe more. And Lenton shows Q-089 to Q-091 as
built in Toronto, but Morin has documents they were
built in Gravenhurst by Greavettes)
7. BY THE NUMBERS:
050, 051: M
052, 053: T
054, 055, 056: G
057, 058, 059: MS
060, 061: H
062, 063: MAC
064, 065: L
066, 067:
V
086:
087:
088:
089,
092,
094,
096,
T
T ***
T
090, 091:
093: H
095: M
097: MS
G
098, 099, 100:
P
115: MAC
116: H
117: P
118: M
119: MS
120, 121:
122, 123,
124:
125, 126,
L
V
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127:
068, 069: B
101, 102, 103, 104,
128, 129:
070, 071: S
105: MAC
072, 073: P
106, 107: P
074, 075, 076: MS
108: M
077, 078: G
109: H
079, 080: T
110: MS
081, 082: M
111: L
083, 084: L
112, 113: T
085: H
114: G
*** In Lenton's list shown as unknown - but built by
Taylor's
S
B
POST-WAR OWNERSHIP:
(Dates refer to Lloyd's Registers of Shipping, Register of
Yachts or Register of American (and Canadian) Yachts, or
Department of Transport, later Transport Canada, annual
Register of Ships. First "sales" were by War/Crown Assets
Disposal Corp.)
Notes: 1.▲ = confirmed on D.O.T./N.A.C. list, RG12 (Dept. of
Transport), Vol.5394,"Index of vessels sold by War
Assets", or original Trans.Can.file, Toronto, or
other reliable documented source – name agrees with
Q- number.(F.M.M. as of 12 May'04)or by
correspondence with owners or descendants.
2. # = Registration no. by D.O.T./Transport Can., or,
for U.S. boats, U.S. Coast Guard registration no.
3."Not XXXX" = name appears mis-spelled in some
lists. Confirmed in D.O.T. or Lloyd's Registers
4. = An ML still shown as "In Service" by Transport
Canada in Canada on its Register or in U.S.A with
U.S.C.G. Not proven in some cases (no requirement
to report destruction or dismantling)
5. CADC = Crown Assets Disposal Corp (ex-War Assets)
6. W.A.C. = War Assets Corporation.
7. The Canadian Shipping Act forbid ownership of
Canadian registered vessels by foreign nationals
including Americans until very recently.
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Q-050 - Commissioned into RCN: 18 Nov.1941 (1940-1941
building programme)
Sold July '45 to Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel. Then
returned for resale. #176991.
Sold 16 Nov.1945 to:
Consolidated Shipbuilding Ltd., Morris Heights,
N.Y., N.Y. ▲
Then resold:
STANBA I (by '47 - Lloyd's '49-'50) ?
Owner: Standard Oil Co.(Bahamas) Ltd. Acquired for
them(per Lt. Bill Johnston, RCNVR) from War Assets
at Sorel. Used for offshore geomagnetic surveying in
Bahamas. 3 cm. radar added for positioning
Reg'd.: Nassau, Bahamas. Eng.: 2 X Hall-Scott petrol
eng.
 Q-051 - Commissioned into RCN: 24 Nov.1941
Sold Jan.'46, Cdr. C.H. Hudson, Vancouver."Tied up at
Sorel" ? Resold (or reacquired?)
RADELL II. #192751
Owner: National Research Council of Can., Ottawa;
until 1969 at least.
Owner (1972): Ministry of the Environment (a research
vessel) Reg'd. in Ottawa.
Owner(1980): Kenneth O. Gisborne (Managing. Ownr.),
Toronto
Re-reg. 26 Apr.1988
Owner: Drew Baird. Under restoration, Natikoke, ON
Oct.2000
Still in service - reg'd. to 30 Nov.2004
Eng.: 2 Gray Marine Detroit oil eng.
2009: Seen by Morin, Nantikoke: mostly a wreck,
partly sunk, desolate.
 Q-052 - Commissioned into RCN: 31 Oct.1941
January 1943: Transferred to Free French Navy as
GALLANTRY, V.111. Returned 25 Jul.'45. Held in
reserve.
Sold July, 1945.
Sold 18 Oct.1945 to Cdn. Inter-American Associates,
Montreal (with Q-063 and Q-097)
CYRIUS #190476
Owner (new 1948, 1st regn.: 10 Oct.1949 to 1950+):
Joseph Cyriac Gautier, Montreal(But see also Q-063)
Eng.: 2 GM Detroit oil eng.
Owner (1952-1965 D.O.T., '53/'54 Lloyd's): Rapid
Steamship Co. Ltd., Montreal. Reg'd. Montreal
LA MARIE-JO (ex-CYRIUS) #190476
Owner (1969): Jean R. Desautels, Montreal, Reg'd.
Montreal
Owner(1972-'80+, Lloyd's & D.O.T.): Maurice P.Fisher,
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Montreal, and Sackville, N.B. (for passengers, then
for general cargo) Engs.: 2 GM Corp. 1944 oil eng.
Still in service - reg'd. to 28 Feb.2007 to Mr.Fisher
Q-053 - Commissioned into RCN: 17 Nov.1941
Sold 16 Nov.1945 to M.I.L., Sorel, Que. #178975
Then returned for resale, 1946
Sold to Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris
Heights, NYC, N.Y. ▲ (About 1957?? - M-A.M.)
Q-054 - Commissioned into RCN: 17 Oct.1941
Sold 1946.
Owner: Capt. E.J. Weaber, c/o M.I.L. Sorel, Que
(no other records)
Q-055 - Commissioned into RCN: 6 Nov.1941
Sold 16 Nov.1945 to M.I.L., Sorel, Que. Returned for
resale.
Sold to Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris
Heights, NYC, N.Y. ▲
Q-056 - Commissioned into RCN: 24 Nov.1941
Sold 1946 to Creole Petroleum Corp, Caracas,
Venezuela ▲, for $7,900
ESSO AYACUCHO
Owner: Standard Oil of N.J. subsidiary, now ExxonMobil. Located on Lac Maracaibo, Venezuela
Scrapped about 1957.
Q-057 - Commissioned into RCN: 28 Oct.1941
Sold 1946 to M.I.L., Sorel, Que. Returned for
resale.
Sold to Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris
Heights, NYC, N.Y. ▲
Q-058 - Commissioned into RCN: 24 Nov.1941
Sold Nov.'45, H.E. Griffin "and another", Toronto. ?
KATHERINE G. ▲ ( Lloyd's '49-'50)
#178095
Resold ▲
Owner (1948 - D.O.T.): Reginald S. McDonald, Souris,
P.E.I. Reg'd. Charlottown, P.E.I.
Eng.: 2 Hall-Scott Motor Co., (petrol), Berkley,
Calif.
Burnt, Dec. 20, 1949. ▲
Q-059 - Commissioned into RCN: 26 May, 1942
Sold 1946 or 1947 Marine Industries Ltd., Montreal,
for $3,000
On 20 Dec.1947 - at St.Jean, Ile d'Orleans, "not in
operation"
Sold to J.S. Langlois, Savoy Shipping Ltd., Quebec,
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for $5,000 ▲
Sold Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp, NY (per Rodcoe,
as 1st sale. Requires checking) ▲
(Not RODCO - see Q-095)
Q-060 - Commissioned into RCN: 1 Nov.1942
Sold 24 Nov. 1945 Bernard O. Bessette, St. Jean,
Que. (no other records)
Q-061 - Commissioned into RCN: 11 Nov.1941
Sold 1946. To Creole Petroleum for $7,900 ▲
ESSO CONCORDIA
Owner: Standard Oil of N.J. subsidiary. Located on
Lac Maracaibo, Venezuela
Q-062 - Commissioned into RCN: 18 Apr.1942
16 Jan.'43: Transfered to Free French Navy as
LANGLADE, V.112
Returned 1946. Nominated for U.S. Consolidated S.B.
Co., but not taken up.
Sold to Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel; re-acquired
for:
Naval Reserves, HMCS HUNTER, Windsor, ON Sept.1949
(per CDR Art Harris for date, & “Crowsnest”
article) ▲
WOLF, ex-PTC-762. To 1956. A Cross of Lorraine
still pained on a bulkhead. After her end with
HUNTER, reputedly used as a breakwater in the
Windsor area. (per CDR Harris,2004. At cottage of
Hon. D'Arcy McHugh? - not there in 2003)
Q-063 - Commissioned into RCN: 18 Apr.1942
January, 1943: Transferred to Free French Navy as
COLOMBIER, V.113 Returned 25 July, '45. Held in
reserve.
Sold 18 Oct.1945 to Cdn. Inter-American Associates,
Montreal.
Sold 1947 to J.G. Escobar, Montreal ▲
Also shown as "Purchase from M. Gautier by Plaid
Shipping Ltd.", (Rapid Steamship Co.) Montreal, as
CUMBRAE II, by 4 Sept.1959. ▲ Possibly SALVOR ▲ #176230* or #179617 - both SALVORs (? see
Q-068 - possibly a confusion in writing the '3' for
the '8' in former no.? *this one became MISS LINDA)
Q-064 - Commissioned into RCN: 15 May, 1942
Sold 10 Oct.'45.
SIX-FOUR ▲
#175446 For $3,000
Owner (new registry, Jan-Apr.1947 - D.O.T.): Wendell
Graham, Montague, P.E.I. Reg'd.: Charlottetown.
(Also owned Q-091)
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Owner (1948 - D.O.T.): Everett Kennedy, Bay Head,
Colchester Co., N.S. Reg'd. in Charlottetown,
P.E.I.
Eng.: 2 Hall Scott Motor Co.,Racine, Wisc. oil eng.
Owner (1950): Maritime Produce Ltd., Bayhead, N.S.
Foundered off Sydney, N.S. 7 Dec. 1952. Register
closed 7 Jan. 1953. ▲
Q-065 - Commissioned into RCN: 15 May,1942
Sold 14 June,1946. 1st reg'd.: 28 Nov.1946
NADINE II (1946 D.O.T.) ▲ #174987
Owner: Col W. Eric Phillips, Duplate Glass, Toronto.
Nadine was his daughter's name (deceased) (per Phil
Ratcliff, Toronto)To at least Dec.1955.
Transfer of ownership record Owner (1956 - D.O.T.): Grew Boats Ltd., but at 50 St.
Clair Ave. West (Dupate Glass office, as that Co.
now owned Grew Boats, on behalf of Col. Phillips)
Owner (18 Apr.1957): Peter LePage, Penetanguishene,
Ont. and Toronto.(Also owned PENETANG EIGHTY-EIGHT,
etc.) Reg'd.: Toronto.
Eng.: 2 Hall-Scott petrol, 1941.
(Following all from ship's file, Toronto Transp.
Can. office):
Owner (15 Aug.1962): Gerald Alyea, Woodstock. Reg'd.
in Toronto
Owner (1962 Lloyd's Reg. of Am. Yachts): W.G.McEwen,
Aylmer, ON; reg'd. in Toronto. Changed name to:
AUDREY A. ▲ 174987
Owner (1962): Walter G. McEwen, Aylmer, ON (Audrey A
was his wife)
Owner (1965): Watermans Services (Scott) Ltd.,Toronto
Owner (1966): A.J. Kostick & David Auld, Toronto (For
taking passengers to Expo - passenger certification
refused.)
Owner (Dec.1 1967): Hope Haven Rest Home Ltd.,
Frederick Lafontaine, President
Owner (1969-1973+ - D.O.T.): Thunder Development Co.
Ltd., Toronto, c/o R.A. Watt, Toronto. Home port:
Parry Sound. (a yacht).
Engs.: 2 1956 Harnischafeger oil eng.
ALEX & SALLY - never registered.
Partyl destroyed by fire 1978. Transp.C. not informed
at the time, near Rose Isld., Parry Sound (Photo by
Drew Baird)
Register closed 10 Nov.2003
 Q-066 - Commissioned into RCN: 6 Mar.1942
Sold 10 Oct.'45
EARLMAR ▲
#176481
Owner (1946 - 1950+): Finning Tractor & Equipment Co.
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Ltd., Vancouver. Reg'd.: Vancouver. 1st reg'd. 21
Jan.1946
Owner (1951 D.O.T.): Ferry Meat Market Ltd.,
Vancouver, B.C..
Owner (1958 - 1980+): Robert J. Taylor, (Mng. Ownr.)
and Ronald Y. Sparrow, Vancouver, B.C. Reg'd.:
Vancouver (as a yacht)
Still in service (?) June 2005
Q-067 - Commissioned into RCN: 27 Mar.1942
Sold 1945.
STRANGER II (in 1946) ▲
#176672
Owner (1946 - D.O.T., & to 1960): Coal Island Ltd.,
Coal Island, Sydney, B.C.
Owner (Lloyd's, 1958): CAPT. Fred E. Lewis, Coal
Isld., Sidney, B.C. Reg'd. in Victoria. (Master's
certificate)
Eng.: 2 1947 GM diesels.
As of 1959: reg'd. in San Pedro, California, to Fred
Lewis (1960 D.O.T. Reg. Still shows Coal Isld. Ltd)
Register closed as of 3 Jan. 1964 ▲ Transfer to U.S.
registry
Lost by fire Sept. 1966
Q-068 - Commissioned into RCN: 7 Mar.1942
Sold Oct.1945.
SALVOR - to 1948, ? salvage vessel. #176230
D.O.T. shows as “ex-Q-068”. 1st reg'd. 17 Dec.1945
Note: name may have been used twice - see Q-063
above
Owner (1946 - D.O.T.): Straits Towing & Salvage Co.,
Vancouver. Reg'd.: Vancouver
(By 1949 SALVOR name was used by S.T.& S. Co. for
another vessel, not a Fairmile.)
ST & S - in 1948 (no records - Straits Towing &
Salvage)
MARINE FREIGHT NO.1 ▲ (not MARINE FREIGHTER) in 1948
(DOT) – change of name, same owner
Owner (to 1950): Straits Towing & Salvage Co. Ltd.,
Victoria, B.C.
Eng: 2 Hall-Scott Eng. Co., petrol, Berkeley, CA.
(as 'salvage vessel')
SECHELT NARROWS in 1954 ?
Owner (1950): same as above.
Owner (1951 D.O.T.): Davidson Marine Freight Ltd.,
Vancouver
(ex-MARINE FREIGHT No.1, ex-S.T.& S. #176230
Owner (1953/'54 Lloyd's): Davidson Marine Ltd.,
Vancouver
Eng: 2 Gray Marine Detroit oil eng.
MISS LINDA in 1955
#176230 (Ex-SECHELT NARROWS)
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Owner (Mar. 1954): Sverre Gjerstad, Vancouver.
Owner (1955 - 1972+): Gordon H. Smith, Vancouver.
"For general cargo"
Engs.: 2 Gray Marine Motor Co. oil eng.
Q-069 - Commissioned into RCN: 28 Mar.1942
Sold 1945 to Willard Garfield Weston, Caufield,
Vancouver.
HARWOOD (One D.O.T. list gives this ship same
register no. as SALVOR, Q-068 above - #176502)
Owner (1946 - D.O.T.): Albert Loftus McLennan,
Vancouver a director of United Distilleries.
Reg'd.: Vancouver
(One note: "Sold to Sea Scouts, 1947" - probably on
loan for their use while owned by McLennan)
Owner (1950): Duncan Harwood & Co. Ltd., Vancouver
CASA MIA ▲ (Lloyd's '58, D.O.T. 1960)
#176502
Owner (1958 & 1961):George H. and Henry F. Reifel,
Vancouver, B.C. Reg'd. in Vancouver.
Engs.: 2 Gray Marine 1944 oil engs.
Owner (1965): Casa Mia Holdings Ltd., Vancouver (Roy
E. Canedy, Pres.) A yacht To 1972
Owner (1973 - D.O.T.): Bountry Cruises Ltd.,
Vancouver. Reg'd. in Suva, Fiji with same engs. As
cruise boat.
Reported as lost in hurricane, 1978, near
Beachcomber,Fiji.
 Q-070 - Commissioned into RCN: 14 Mar.1942
Sold 1945 to Marine Manufacturing Construction Co.,
Vancouver
MACHIGONNE ▲ #176475
Owner (1946 - D.O.T.): Marine Manufacturing Contract
(?) Co., Vancouver. Reg'd: Vancouver
Owner (1948): Radium Chemical Co., Vancouver (But see
Q-092)
Owner (D.O.T. 1951): Black Ball Ferries Ltd.,
Victoria.
GULF RANGER ▲ #176475 (ex-MACHIGONNE)
Owner (Oct.1952 - D.O.T.): Black Ball Ferries Ltd.,
Victoria. Reg'd. Vancouver
Owner (31 March 1954): William C. Gibson, Vancouver
COAST RANGER #176475 (ex-GULF RANGER)
Owner (1960): Johnstone Strait Enterprises Ltd.,
Sointula, Malcolm Island, B.C.
SARACEN III (ex-COAST RANGER)
Owner (1965): Pacific Cruises Ltd., North Vancouver;
(for cargo)
Owner (1972): Halger M. Ohman, New Westminster, B.C.
(for cargo)
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LAHAINA LADY (no record. Not LACHAINA) Re-reg'd. 25
Oct.1971 to at least 1979
NOBLE LADY #176475
Owner (2004): John J. Boyd, Campbell River, B.C.
Still in service, reg'd. to 28 Feb.2007, at
Queensborough, B.C.
 Q-071 - Commissioned into RCN: 15 Apr.1942
Sold 2 Nov.1945. GULF WING ▲ (1946 - D.O.T., to 1955)
#176497
Owner: Gulf Lines Ltd. (Lt.Cdr.T.N. Le Page, Mgr.),
Vancouver.
Owner (1953/'54 Lloyd's): Andrew J.K. Jukes, Mgr.
Eng.: 2 Vivian Eng. Works., Vancouver oil eng.
Owner (31 March, 1954): Marine Express Lines Ltd.,
Vancouver. Passenger service, West coast & Gulf
Islds.
TROUBADOUR III (in Trans. Can. 1960) ▲ (Ex-GULF
WING)
Owner: Oswald H. New & Co., Vancouver. Reg'd.:
Vancouver
NIMPKISH PRINCESS (no record as of in 1961) ▲
(Ex-TROUBADOUR III)
Owner (1953/'54 Lloyd's): Tidewater Shipping Co.Ltd.,
Vancouver
NORTHLAND PRINCESS In 1969 D.O.T. &'78-'79 Lloyd's
(Ex-NIMKISH PRINCESS) #176497
Owner: Northland Shipping (1962) Ltd., Vancouver.
Same engs. (as a yacht)
KONA WINDS (ex-NORTHLAND PRINCESS) #176497
Owner(1980): Pacific Adventures Enterprises Ltd.,
Vancouver (as a yacht)
Owner(2004): Kona Winds Yacht Charters Ltd.; Bruce
Kerr, Vancouver
Web: konawindscharters.com (A. Pike)
Still in service - Reg'd. to 30 June 2008
Q-072 - Commissioned into RCN: 24 Nov.1941
Sold 24 Oct.'45 to Acme Boat & Salvage Co., New York,
N.Y. ▲
Q-073 - Commissioned into RCN: 24 Nov.1941
Sold 24 Oct.'45 to Acme Boat & Salvage Co., New York,
N.Y. ▲
Q-074 - Commissioned into RCN: 26 May, 1942 (first of 19411942 building programme)
Sold 28 Nov.'45
ALOMA III ▲ #178975
Owner (1948 - D.O.T.): George B. Burchell, President,
North Shore Steamship Co., Sydney, at Little Bras
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D'Or, N.S. ▲ Reg'd. Sydney, N.S.
Owner (1952 - D.O.T.): James M. MacKay, New Glasgow,
N.S. Reg'd. Sydney, to
Owner: Hygera Steamship Co., No.Sydney.
TERRA MAR _ (by 1959 - sold U.S.A. - maybe on 9
Aug.'57 ▲)
Owner: Charles Blickle, Hamden, Conn. Reg'd. there.
(1961)
Engs.: 2 GM 1946 oil eng., installed 1948
(New TERRA MAR not an ML by 2004, and new owner
didn't own this ML – a coincidence, per tel'n.
call, 2004)
Q-075 - Commissioned into RCN: 22 Jun.1942
Sold 24 Oct.'45 to Acme Boat & Salvage Co., New York,
N.Y. ▲
Q-076 - Commissioned into RCN: 22 Jun.1942
Sold 24 Oct.'45 to Acme Boat & Salvage Co., New York,
N.Y. ▲
Q-077 - Commissioned into RCN: 2 Jun.1942
Sold 1947 to Coastal Shipping Corp. As of 20 Dec.
'47 - "unclaimed" ▲ (Consolidated Shipping Corp.,
c/o M.I.L.?)
Q-078 - Commissioned into RCN: 2 Jun.1942
Sold to Transit Tankers & Terminals Ltd., Montreal,
Geo. Elie, Mgr. ▲
Resold or transferred? - as of 3 Feb.'48, as:
ESSO CARDONAL (not CARDINAL)
Owner: Standard Oil of N.J. subsidiary - Creole
Petroleum
Located on Lac Maracaibo, Venezuela, for oil rig
supply services.
Q-079 - Commissioned into RCN: 27 May, 1942
Sold 24 Oct.'45, James L. Gillanders, Toronto ▲
Resold:
NANCY GRACE (Lloyd's Reg. of Yachts, 1947, & D.O.T.
1946) ▲ #174988
Owner (1946, D.O.T.): Herbert E. Corbett, Toronto/
Oakville. 1st registration.
Eng.: 2 x Grey Marine '45 oil eng.
Sold 19 May, 1949 to Dept. of National Defence.
Reaquired for Naval Reserves. Civilian register not
closed until 25 Nov. 1954 - "Gave up registration
voluntarily" (Naval vessels were not registered)
HMCS PREVOST, London, ON. (Acquired by the Division
in early 1954. Berthed at Port Stanley)
RACCOON, ex-PTC-779, to Oct. 1956
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Sold by D.N.D. Re-registered with same former number
- #174988
LADY ENID ▲ (ex-NANCY GRACE)
Owner (1960): Morton P. Jubin, Town of Mount Royal,
Que. Registered : Montreal, then Nassau, Bahamas
Q-080 - Commissioned into RCN: 17 Jun.1942
Sold 9 Oct.'45. United Boat Service, J. Leon Israel,
City Isld., New York _ (Also owned Q-085)
QUARTERDECK _ (converted to yacht in 1946 at Toronto,
per Lloyd's Reg. of American Yachts.)
Owner: H.B. Prior, Larchmont, New York, reg'd. in New
York
Eng: 2 Hall-Scott gasoline engines.
(Still listed as this to early 1954 Lloyd's)
ALMETA QUEEN ('49-'50)
Owner: Abaco Trading Co. Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas.
Reg'd. in Nassau. U.S. #(D)249628
Eng.: 2 Hall-Scott Motor Co. petrol engs.
Noted in Lloyd's '49/'50 and '53/'54 as "Fishing",
and although built by J.J. Taylor in Toronto,
shown as built by "War Supply Ltd., Toronto" in
1943.
COSA GRANDE as of 1954 ▲ (ex QUARTERDECK)
Owner: D.H. Bramar, Port O'Connor, Texas.
Eng.: 2 GM 1954 oil eng. "Converted to yacht 1946"
Panamanian registry in 1970’s.
Lying abandoned in Aug., 2007, per aerial photo, in
Argentina, in “Lujan & Abra Vieja”, up La Platte
River at Paraña. ▲
Q-081 - Commissioned into RCN: 27 May,1942
Sold 1946.
Owner: Louis Levin, Montreal
(Possibly became ERNEST G. (1947 - D.O.T.) for a
short time. But see Q-094)
ESSO TAPARITA ▲
Owner: Creole Petroleum - also shown as Lago/Creole
Petroleum Corp., a subsidiary of Standard Oil
(N.J.) Ltd.
Used as tenders to bring work crews to oil derricks
at Lac Maracaibo, Venezuela.
1948: on fire, beached, constructive total loss.
Q-082 - Commissioned into RCN: 27 May,1942
Damaged. Explosion in engineroom 7 Sept. 1944
alongside naval jetty, Gaspé
Sold 22 May '45 - Hull only ▲
Sold to Stanley C. Alexander (in 28 Nov.'47), Gaspé
Sold to Walter A. Kruse ▲
Sold to Joseph Porier (a local policeman) and his
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grandfather Val;mont Porier, Gaspé, Qué, Que. As a
floating dance hall.
Sold foreign ▲
Q-083 - Commissioned into RCN: 25 May,1942
Sold 1946.
LAZY MARINER ▲ #175448 (Lloyd's '49-'50) for $3,000
Owner (1946 - D.O.T.): Lorne Johnston, Montague,
P.E.I., Reg'd: Charlottetown, 1st qtr. 1947
Eng.: 2 Hall-Scott Motor Co. gas engines.
To Dec. 1948 +
Registry closed 20 Nov.'50
Q-084 - Commissioned into RCN: 18 Jun.1942
Sold 1946. To R.E. Gamble, Toronto by Nov.'47 ▲
Q-085 - Commissioned into RCN: 13 Jun.1942
Sold 1946. SUZETTE No.1 #177908 ▲
Owner (1949 - Lloyd's): Robert W. Lyons, Montreal
Owner (1948 -'59+): Bahama Beach (BC) Ltd., West
Pender St., Vancouver. Reg'd.: Montreal (or Banama
Beach??)
Eng.: 2 GM oil eng.
Sold U.S.A. 13 May, 1952. United Boat Service, New
York. ▲
Owner (1953/'54 Lloyd's): Julius K. Wilson, Nassau,
Bahamas.
(Date problems with ownership)
Q-086 - Commissioned into RCN: 26 Oct.1942
Sold 7 Nov.'45 to K.V. Gamble, Toronto
MONTEREY ▲
#310616
Owner (1960-1972+): Inter Dominion Shipping Co. Ltd.,
Montreal (for cargo).
 Q-087 - Commissioned into RCN: 9 Nov.1942
Sold 1946. ▲ CHEF TEK8ERIMAT (or CHEF TEKOERIMAT? in some registers) #156658 (Act says numbers can't
be used in a name, but TEK8ERIMAT appears in
several lists, to 1972)
Owner (1948): Jules R. Tremblay, Mgn'g. Owner, c/o
Northern Industries, Chicoutimi, Que. Reg'd.:
Chicoutimi ▲
Owner (30 Sept. 1955): George Lapenson, c/o CBC,
Montreal
TZIGANE #156658 (Lloyd's - 1958)
Owner: A.P. Gonsalves, Montreal. Reg'd.: Montreal
Eng.: 2 Hall-Scott petrol eng.
Reg'd. 21 Dec.1959. Not listed in 1960 D.O.T.
Owner (1969): Pierre Jauvin, Laval, Que. Reg'd.
Montreal. As a cargo barge, non-powered.
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Owner (2004 - Trans.Can.): René G.A. Pisano,
Outremont, Que.
Non-powered, no engines. In existance.
Q-088 - Commissioned into RCN: 10 May,1943
Sold Sep.1945 for $3,000
EIGHTY-EIGHT ▲ #174989
Owner (1946 - D.O.T.): W.L. Christie, Christie St.,
Toronto
Eng.: 2 x Hall-Scott, Berkley, petrol eng.
To after Dec. 1949 at least (Lloyd's Reg. of
Yachts)
PENETANG EIGHTY-EIGHT, ex-EIGHT, ex-MIDLAND PENETANG
EIGHTY-EIGHT (while fitting out)
Owner (1952-1960 - D.O.T.): Peter LePage, Toronto &
Penetanguishene, Ont.
Name change PENETANG EIGHTY-EIGHT to EIGHTY-EIGHT
July 1954. ▲
Owner (by 1961 - 1972+): R.J. Frame & Sons Ltd.,
Toronto
Eng.: 2 x GM 6 cyl. oil engines (diesels)
Used as supply and passenger ferry up eastern
Georgian Bay shore, Penatanguishene to Wah-WahTaysee.
Sold and register transferred to Kingston 30 May,
1974.
OLYMPIA III ▲ 174989
Owner: Kingston & The Islands Boat Lines Ltd.,
Kingston, ON.(for passengers) Reg'd.: Kingston
Reportedly burnt. (no records - possibly the ML seen
beached and abandoned at Lachine)
Q-089 - Commissioned into RCN: 15 Oct.1942
Sold, 1st reg'd. 10 Dec. 1946
COASTAL QUEEN ▲ #177961
Owner (1947 - D.O.T.): Northern Engineering & Supply
Co.(Capt. E.O. Bursey, Mgr.), Fort William, Ont.
Reg'd. Port Arthur. (D.O.T. - 1946. Lloyd's 1949)
Eng.: 2 Hercules Motor Corp, Canton, O., oil eng.
Owner (16 Sept.1957 - D.O.T.): Scurry-Rainbow Oil
Ltd., Toronto & Calgary, Alberta. Reg'd. in
Toronto. (Mr. R. Toms, Mgr.) A minerals survey ship
Owner (8 June, 1959): Pelletier Engineering
(Intern'l.) Ltd., Montreal. Reg'd Toronto. Then
registration transf's to Halifax
Owner (1960 D.O.T. Register): Scurry Rainbow Ltd.,
Calgary AB
Owner (Aug. 1962): Bruce R.P. Parsons, Halifax. A
survey ship
Owner (9 May, 1969): Irving Saunders, Ottawa, & T.
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Weather-proofers Ltd. (as pleasure yacht; name may
have been changed earlier and D.O.T. not informed)
GRANDE COMMANDER ▲ #177961. (Appears under both
names in 1972 D.O.T. register!)
Owner (18 Nov.1976): Robert J. Saunders, Toronto.
Register transf. to Toronto from Halifax.
Owner (1980): T. Weather-proofers Ltd., Toronto
Then semi-submerged at Leslie St. spit.
Owner (Nov.1984): Stephen Richardson, Toronto
CORNICHE - Reg'd. 19 Feb.1986
Owner (1985): Baccarat Yacht Charters Ltd., Stephen
Kwinter, Toronto
Register cancelled 1988 (D.O.T.)
At Port Dover, possibly as a restaurant?
Owner (1989): Ray Shoals, Pres. EVGO Corp., Welland
Engines removed, towed 2002/2003 to Port Dover,
Ont. Ship restaurant in other suggestion, Port
Dalhousie,is "Captain John's" from Toronto
originally. No Shoals or EVGO in Welland)
Owner: Harry Gamble Sr., in local shipyard.
2009: located at Port Dover by Morin: Not in good
shape, but salvageable, much modified.
Q-090 - Commissioned into RCN: 19 Nov.1942
LOUVICOURT ▲ #178914
Owner: Brian W. Newkirk (mining), Toronto (Lloyd's
1958)
Reg'd: Toronto. To 1961.
Eng.: 2 Hall-Scott 1949 petrol engs.
(In a Lloyd's Reg. of Am. Yachts still listed in
1972, but spelled LEUVICOURT. Probably an error)
ROSAL (1961 Yachts Reg.)
Owner: Helicopter Sales (Caribbean) Ltd., Nassau.
Reg'd.: Nassau. Same engs.
Q-091 - Commissioned into RCN: 17 May,1943
Sold Oct. 1945, for $3,000
NINE-ONE ▲ (Lloyd's '49-'50) #175449
Owner (new registered, Jan.-Apr.1947 - D.O.T.):
Wendel Graham, Montague, P.E.I. Reg'd.:
Charlottetown, for lobster "fishing" per Lloyd's
Eng.: 2 Mac Mfg. Co. 1945 oil eng.
Owner (1951 - D.O.T.): Grant Graham, Montague, P.E.I.
Owner (1953/'54 Lloyd's): C. Kennedy, Charlottetown,
P.E.I.
Sank 14 April 1955 18 mi. WSW of Channel Head,
Newfoundland. Register close May 2, 1955.
(Possibly raised?)
But listed in 1978-'79 Lloyd's - same name, same
owner:
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Owner: C. Kennedy, Charlottetown, P.E.I.Same engines.
(Possibly failure to advise Lloyd's?)
Q-092 - Commissioned into RCN: 2 Nov.1942
Sold 1947.Radium Chemical Co. Ltd., North Vancouver ▲
Confusion with this one;
Freeman also notes: a. Sold 18 Oct.'45 to "CADC"
b. Re-sold; sunk 1946
c. Sold U.S.A. 1952
One War Assets Corp letter of Jan.1947 says sold to
Jos. Simard, Montreal (i.e. M.I.L.)
Morin: SUZETTE No. 1 (But see Q-085 above)
SUZETTE II ▲ #177908
Owner: "A holding company for an American owner"
(D.O.T. post-war records)
Q-093 - Commissioned into RCN: 2 Nov.1942
Sold ?
Owner: Donelma Securities Ltd., Toronto _
Or possibly sold to J. Sicard (or Simard? i.e. MIL?)
Then sold to M. Benoit, Sect’y. Que. School of Arts &
Crafts, Rimouski(?) (Probably an error - or on
loan – see Q-098 below)
D.O.T. file: Burned and sank, 25 May 1946
Q-094 - Commissioned into RCN: 19 Nov.1942
Sold 11 Oct. 1945 for $3,000
ERNEST G. ▲ #175447 as of 1st qtr. '47
in Charlottetown
Owner: G.A. Griffin, Montague, P.E.I. ▲
Reg'd.
Q-095 - Commissioned into RCN: 12 May,1943
Sold 1947. (Reportedly had 2 Rolls-Royce engines
fitted when built on experimental basis)
RODCO ▲ #176579.
(See note with Q-059)
Owner (1948 & 1950 - D.O.T.): Rodolphe Corbiel, St.
Joseph St., Lachine, Que., c/o Boulanger Yacht Co.▲
Owner (from 1951-1960+): Ocean Interests Ltd.,
Yarmouth, N.S. Reg'd.: St. Andrews, N.B.
Eng.: 2 GM Detroit oil engs.
Owner (1965): Clifford Shirley & Sons. Ltd., English
Harbour West, Nfld. For cargo
Register closed 14 May 1969 - scrapped
 Q-096 - Commissioned into RCN: 9 Nov.1942
Sold to Marine Industries Ltd., Montreal for $2,000.
Returned for resale.
Sold to J.S. Langlois & Fournier, Quebec, Savoy
Shipping Ltd., for $6,000. ▲ Then:
ROSELINE ▲ #177959
Owner (1948): Quebec Waterways Sightseeing Tours,
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Co., Quebec City, Que., Joseph Bouchard, Mng. Ownr.
Owner (1951 - D.O.T.): Samuel G. Sedgwick, Kingston,
Ont.
MISS KINGSTON (ex-ROSELINE - D.O.T.) #177959 ▲
Owner (1960-1972+): Kingston Excursions Ltd.,
Kingston, Ont.
Owner (1980): INREC Ltd., Kingston, ON
SAINT-LOUIS IV
(no records; ex-MISS KINGSTON)
LA SANTA MARIA IV Re-reg'd. 17 May 1985
#177959
Owner (2004 - T.C.): L.-R. Maranda, Montreal.
Reg'd. in Montreal, to 31 Oct. 2004
Still in service
Q-097 - Commissioned into RCN: 16 Nov.1942
Sold 1 Oct. 1945 to Canadian Inter-American Assoc.
Returned to C.A.D.C (? Cdn. Assets Disposal Corp.))
Sold to J.S. Escobar, Montreal for $3,000
GENERAL G.C. ESCOBAR (no record - possibly name of
buyer?)
Q-098 - Commissioned into RCN: 7 Nov.1942
CORITA ▲ (no records - in Lloyd's Yacht Reg. 1958'62. Latter date incorrect, but Lloyd's not
notified? Noted as "converted 1948") ▲ Sold for
$3,000
Owner: J. Sicard, Montreal ▲ #179262
Resold 1945.(??)
LE SAINT BARNABE ▲ (ex-CORITA) (Lloyd's 1950)
Owner (1948 - D.O.T.): Quebec Gov't. Ministry of
Youth & Social Welfare, (from Lloyd's Reg.; some
Lloyd's records show it as Canadian Government
Ministry, an error), Quebec City. Reg'd.:
Rimouski. Sect'y: M. Benoit, School of Arts &
Crafts.
Eng.: 2 Buda 1946 oil eng. (Used in Sicard comm'l.
snowblowers)
(By 1960 name used for a larger vessel). Name
changed to:
BIC ▲
Owner (1960): Quebec Provincial Govt. Ministry of
Youth and Social Welfare., Quebec (Rimouski)
Q-099 - Commissioned into RCN: 7 Nov.1942
Sold Sep.1945, for $3,000; 1st Reg'd. 11 Dec. 1946
DIPEDON ▲ #177801
Owner (1946 - D.O.T.): Joseph B. Dunkleman, Toronto
(Tip Top Tailors). Reg'd.: Toronto
Sold and reg. transferred to Port Arthur 14 Oct.
1949, to Nipigon Lake Timber Co. pending re-naming.
DONARVIE II (ex-DIPEDON) ▲ #177801
Owner (1st qtr. 1949 - D.O.T., & 1950): Nipigon Lake
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Timber Co. Ltd., Port Arthur.
Owner (1954 Lloyd's Reg. of Am. Yachts): The Thomson
Co., Port Arthur
(There was a later DONARVIE III that was not an exML)
Register closed 11 March 1954 "Sold foreign"
Owner (May 1954): Ben Shulman Associates, New York
Owner (c.1958): Gilbert O. Weidman, St. Petersburg,
Fla. Reg'd. in New York. U.S. #267095
"Documentation surrendered 21 Feb. 1963. Vessel
dismantled"
Q-100 - Commissioned into RCN: 7 Nov.1942
Sold 1 Oct. 1945; Resold 1946:
Owner: Cruises and Traffic Sales Ltd., Hamilton,
Ont. Francis Farwell ▲
Q-101 - Commissioned into RCN: 7 Nov.1942
Sold 1945. EDMAR _ #173183 (Per Murray Knowles,
N.S.): Owned by G.D. Raymond - see below. Also
could be FAIRLADY by 1956-'57 - no records of that
one) Eng.: 2 GM oil eng.
Owner (1946): Great Lakes Lumber & Shipping Ltd.,
Fort William, Ont. Reg'd. Fort William
Owner (1951-'54 - D.O.T.): Edmar Ltd., Fort
William, Ont.
Sold foreign - Apr.28, 1954.
Owner (by 1958): Roberto & Antonio M. Arias, Panama
City, Rep. of Panama. Based at Balboa Y.C., Corona
del Mar, California
Eng.:2 x Grey Marine oil eng. To 1972.
(Note: Lloyd's Register of American Yachts later,
1971 - confused the ex-Fairmile with a sail vessel
of the same name, same owners)
Returned to Canada ?
NELLIE D. ▲ (by 1955 - ex-EDMAR) #173183
Owner: G.D. Raymond, Yarmouth, N.S. Reg'd. Yarmouth
Ran aground at Metegan, N.S. (Possibly salvaged?)
Q-102 - Commissioned into RCN: 14 Nov.1942
Sold 1946 Francis Farwell, Hamilton,Ont. for $3,000 ▲
QUETZAL ▲ #173491
Owner: Canada Coach Lines (F. Farwell)
Owner: Andrew P. Holt, Montreal. ('49-'50 - Lloyd's)
Reg'd. in Hamilton, Ont.
Eng.: 2 Mac Mfg. Co., Long Isld. City, N.Y. oil
eng.
CURLEW (ex-QUETZAL _) #173491
Owner (from 1950): Harland de M. Molson, Notre-Dame
St. E., Montreal (CURLEW was a family yacht name)
(D.O.T. 1950 list says "Former names: ISLAND
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PRINCESS and DAILY" but dates incorrect. The only
ISLAND PRINCESS that is similar is older (1913) and
larger in 1958, 1969 & 1972, not an ML)
Register closed 1 May 1953 - sold foreign
Sold 25 June 1953 to U.S.A.
U.S. Reg. #265653
Owner (1954 Lloyd's Reg. of Am. Yachts): Frank
Sawyer, Boston, Mass. as CURLEW.
Owner (1955 to '72+): Ferncliff Company, Boston,
Mass. Reg'd. in Boston. Same engs., same name
SALISSA M. (by 1992)
MOONDANCE ▲ (per USCG register)
Owner: G. Nile Ltd. LLC
ENTERPRISE II (Still in service, as of 30 Oct. 2000
Owner: not noted by USCG web, but owned by G Nile
Ltd. LLC, San Juan, P.R. Port: San Juan, PR.
#265653
Registry expired October 2001. Abandoned?
Q-103 - Commissioned into RCN: 18 Nov.1942
Sold 1947.
ONE-O-THREE ▲ #173650 ("Conv. Amiralty yacht") (per
Lloyd's 1958)
Owner (1946 - D.O.T.):Cecil W. Weegar, Petanguishene,
Ont. Reg'd.: Midland, Ont.
Owner (1951 to 1960 - D.O.T.): Edgar S. Taylor, Owen
Sound, Ont. (local rather eccentric boatyard owner
& carpenter.) Anchored and also pulled ashore on
east bank of Owen Sound.
Eng.: 2 x Hall-Scott 12 cyl. petrol eng. One engine
replaced with a diesel when Hall-Scott block
cracked.
(No listing by 1961)
LADY SIMONE ▲ (not SIMONNE) (Ex-ONE-O-THREE)
Owner (1962): Paul E. Noel, Montreal. Reg'd. in Owen
Sound, then (1969) in Montreal and St. Antoine de
Tilly, Que.
Scrapped – no date.
Q-104 - Commissioned into RCN: 4 Aug.1943. 1943 building
programme
July 1945: Q-104 not classed as surplus for W.A.C
Sold to M.I.L., Sorel 1946.
Reacquired by W.A.C.
15 Sept. 1945: loaned to School of Arts & Crafts,
Rimouski, Que. Also in hands of J.Severen Langlois
(as for Q-096 and Q-105)
Reacquired by DND for Naval Reserves, HMCS CATARAQUI,
Kingston, Ont. by Aug. 1951.
COUGAR, ex-PTC-704.
Then to HMCS STAR, Hamilton as "tender" by Jan.1956
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Paid off 4 Nov. 1956
Moved by land to Dundas Ont. (at the Desjardins
Canal, north side of Hamilton Harbour)to serve as
"club house":
RCSCC Dundas Sea Cadets, Dundas Ont.
To about 1959.
Scrapped.
 Q-105 - Commissioned into RCN: 5 Sep.1943
Sold 1946.
15 Sept. 1945: On loan, School of Arts & Crafts,
Rimouski, Que. (Arguments in letters re non-payment
in '47-'48) ▲ Reg'd. Dec. 1948
Sold to J.S. Langlois, Savoy Shipping Co., Que. for
$2,500.
12 Jan. 1948: Resold as:
DUC d'ORLEANS (In Lloyd's '49-'50, & to 1972+)
#179271
Owner: Quebec Waterways Sightseeing Tours Ltd,
Quebec. Eng.: 2 x GM 8 cyl. oil Eng., 1947. Then
671 Detroit Diesels
Owner (1978): Ken Bracewell, Sarnia, Ont. for local
tours and receptions. New Detroit diesels as of
2003. Teln.: 519-337-5152. Fibreglassed down to
ice skirt. Bar aft, cabins forward opened up for
space. Web: www.ducdorleans.com
New reg'd.: 4
Dec.1978
Owner shown by 1980 as 453939 Ontario, Ltd., of
Corunna, Ont. (same as above)
In service 2004.
Replaced in 2007 by smaller newer vessel.
Taken over from owner by a group restoring her to
wartime condition. Hull stripped of fibreglass,
extra cabins removed. On the shoreline at Sarnia.
Q-106 - Commissioned into RCN: 28 Aug.1943
Retained by RCN to end of 1945. Acquired for Naval
Reserves, Originally allocated to HMS STAR,
Hamilton, on 28 July, 1948, on arrival from Sorel..
(HMCS) BEAVER, ex-PTC-706. ▲ (Per “Crowsnest”
article.)
Then to HMCS YORK Toronto by Jan.1956, as BEAVER
To Nov. 1957 (FMM photos)
Demolished - ▲ (In ruins at Hamilton in 1961)
Q-107 - Commissioned into RCN: 11 Sep.1943
D.O.T.: no record.
Loaned 14 Sept. 1945 to Quebec Govt., School of Arts
& Crafts, Rimouski, Que..
Then sold 1949:
MISS CHEVROLET (Lloyd's Reg. of American Yachts,
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1950, says she was ex-Q-117 – probably an error.
Owner (new reg. Apr.-June, 1949 - D.O.T., & 1950):
Chester E. Ferris, Wellington St., Sarnia, Ont.
Reg'd.: Sarnia, then St. John, N.B.
LADY LATOUR
Owner: (unknown - as of April-June, 1951 per D.O.T.
changes Supplement, 1950)
Burned Dec. 1951 (D.O.T. Supplement), ashore at Bic,
near Rimouski
Q-108 - Commissioned into RCN: 13 Aug.1943
Sold for $3,000 29 Sept. 1945
MACHIGONNE II ▲ - #178706; (see Q-095, Freeman)
Owner (Dec.1948): Marine Industries Ltd., Montreal.
Registered in Montreal
Sold foreign Aug.12, 1949 - Costa Rica
Q-109 - Commissioned into RCN: 28 Aug.1943
Sold 1948. Frances Farwell, Hamilton, Ont.
QUETZAL II ▲ (Lloyd's '49-'50) #173498
Owner (1948 - D.O.T.): Canada Coach Lines Ltd.,
Hamilton, Ont., Reg'd. in Hamilton
Eng.: 2 GM oil eng. from Benjamins For Motors,
Brooklyn, N.Y.
ARARA (ex-QUETZAL II) (Name change 3rd qtr. 1949) ▲
#173498
Owner (1948 - 1950 D.O.T.): Canada Coach Lines Ltd.,
Hamilton, Ont. Reg'd.:Hamilton, Ont. Rebuilt 1948
Then owner (1959/60): Canada Illinois Tools Ltd.,
Harold Byron Smith, Pres., Chicago, Ill. Reg'd.:
Toronto (Don Mills, Ont.) & to 1972, but Co. in
Wilmington, Del.
Sold foreign: Registered USCG: #297725
Engs.: 2 GM 1957 oil eng. from Benjamins, Brooklyn
ARUBA #297725
Owner - L.B. Co. Inc., Miami ("Previous owner" with
USCG)
Owner: none listed, for new registration 24 Feb.1989.
Register expired 28 Feb.1994
Q-110 - Commissioned into RCN: 7 Aug.1943
Sold 1949 Lewis Levine, Montreal _
Sold - Venezuela ▲ (possibly Standard Oil of
N.J./Creole Petroleum??)
This ML could have become ROSELINE, MISS KINGSTON,
etc. See Q-096)
Q-111 - Commissioned into RCN: 9 Sep.1943
Sold 26 Nov.1945 to M.I.L., Sorel. (also noted:
Gibson Mills Ltd., Vancouver or Great Lakes
Lumber Co. for $5,300 (in one record – confusion of
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numbers?)
30 Dec.1947 - "Still at Sorel - not in operation" held by M.I.L. - not converted.
Reacquired for Naval Reserves, HMCS GRIFFON ▲
Port Arthur, Ont. In Sept. 1949. At cost of
$79,900 for 2 MLs, incl. conversion of engines;
with Q-062 (PTC-762); overwintered in Hamilton..
MOOSE, ex-PTC-711. To Oct. 1956.
Sold locally
Owner: King Haigh, a diver, as a diving tender, but
burned during refitting 1956/'57. Not registered.▲
2nd order of ML’s to be built:
Q-112 - Commissioned into RCN: 25 Oct.1943 1943-1944
building programme.
Not sold - Transferred to RCMP
FORT WALSH - MP33 (1945-1958) ▲
Records show “Returned to CADC for resale. Sold 4
Nov.1958, $50,000” but this must be another boat.
On passage for RCMP from Burgeo to Halifax, on Sept.
27/28, 1958 caught in a major storm and run ashore
on Scatterie Island, SE Nova Scotia. No loss of
life. Demolished there. ▲ (Article by RCMP crew
member’s daughter)
Q-113 - Commissioned into RCN: 20 Nov.1943
Sold 1947: Emil Chaput, Montreal _
LAVERNIERE (1st qtr.1947 - D.O.T.; Lloyd's '49-'50)
Owner: Co-opérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien,
Cap-aux-Meules, Magdalene Islds., Que. Reg'd.:
Quebec City
Eng.: 2 GM Corp. Detroit oil eng.
Sunk October 25, 1949 (D.O.T. quarterly reg. - Morin
says sunk 14 Aug.'47 at Pointe Blanche, N.S. Maybe
another ML?)
Q-114 - Commissioned into RCN: 23 Nov.1943
Not sold - Transferred to RCMP 1945
FORT SELKIRK - MP31 _ Not commissioned.
Returned to War Assets 1946.
Sold 1946.
AMY MAY (3rd qtr.1949- D.O.T. - not AMY MAE) ▲
#192332
Owner: Ocean Charters Ltd., Yarmouth, N.S. Or H.P.
Leask & Roy Pike, Clarence Park, Halifax Co., N.S.
Owner (1948 - D.O.T.): Everett Kennedy (Mng. Ownr.),
Bayhead, N.S. New registration, Charlottetown,
P.E.I. ▲
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Owner 1950: Ocean Charters Ltd., Yarmouth, N.S.
Owner (1953/'54 Lloyd's): Ocean Products Ltd.,
Yarmouth. Reg'd. in Charlottetown
Burnt Aug.11 1955. Reg. closed.
Q-115 - Commissioned into RCN: 16 Nov.1943
Sold 29 Sept. 1945, for $3,000; 1st registered 10
Oct. 1946
NELVANA ▲ #177628
Owner (1946 D.O.T. - 1950+): Upper Lakes & St.
Lawrence Navigation Co. Ltd. (Gordon Leitch, Pres.)
Toronto
(Jack Leitch says one of these, Q-115 or Q-120, was
bought for Jim Norris of Detroit, a partner of his
father's, Gordon Leitch). Norris, an American,
could not own a Cdn. vessel. (A new NELVANA being
built Port Weller in 1965)
Owner (1951 D.O.T. register): Raljon Ltd., Toronto
Sold foreign, register closed: 12 Nov. 1952
Owner (Lloyd's Reg. of Am. Yachts): Abaco Trading
Co., Toronto and Nassau, Bahamas
OUTRE MER ▲ By 1959
Owner: John Townshend Benjamin, New York City and
Miami, FL Reg'd.: New York; home port: Miami, Fla.
Documentation surrendered in Miami March 1970
Sold by Costa Rican court, transferred to Panamanian
registry shortly after.
Q-116 - (Note: Exploded when buiding at Hunters. Eng.Mech
awarded a GM, another Engine Mech. killed)
Commissioned into RCN: 12 Jul.1944
Retained by RCN to end of 1945.
Transferred to Naval Reserves, 1949
To HMCS YORK as (HMCS) REINDEER (by 1952)
REINDEER, ex-PTC-716. To June, 1955
Discarded as worn out, burned ashore at Hamilton.
Macpherson says burned at Desjardins Canal.
(But some records show she became:
SUPERTRADER in 1956. (Freeman says this was Q-117 more likely, but other records say this was exQ-116)
Q-117 - Commissioned into RCN: 16 Nov.1943
Not sold - Transferred to RCMP
FORT STEELE
Returned by RCMP and resold 1946 (By then they had
another FORT STEELE at 188') Not commissioned
Owner: L.A. Schackleton, Town of Mount Royal, or
Chester Karris, Sarnia, Ont. ▲ (should be Ferris)
(But see note under Q-107 above. Lloyd's Reg. says
MISS CHEVROLET was ex-Q-117 - correct.
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Owner: Chester E. Ferris, Sarnia, Ont. - Ferris
Motors Ltd.
ex-NAKOMIS (not in 1947 Lloyd's – confusion of
names?)
Sold foreign - "now in New York" 18 Feb.'48)
Sold 1957. (These are probably in error)
SUPERTRADER? (per Freeman - other records say that's
Q-116, but she was burned as unusable at Hamilton)
1953/'54 Lloyd's - # 195981
Owner: Robert Tilley Ltd., St. John's, Newfoundland
POLAR CLIPPER (ex-SUPERTRADER) ▲ #195981
Owner (from 1956 and in 1960!): Brookfield Ice Cream
Ltd., St. John's, Nfd.
Owner (1958/'59 - Lloyd's): Refrigerated Shipping
Ltd., St. John's, Nfld.
Owner (1965): Eric G. Earle, Carbonear, Nfld. For
cargo.
Owner (1972-1980+ Lloyd's): Earle Freighting Services
Ltd., St. John's and Carbonear, Nfd.
Engs.: 2 GM Corp. oil eng., (for gen'l. cargo)
Register closed 23 Mar.1988
Q-118 - Commissioned into RCN: 6 Nov.1943
Sold.... to Frances Farwell, Hamilton, Ont. ▲ (Canada
Coach Lines Ltd.) for $3,000
FRANLIS III ▲
Name appears for a Belgian ship - excursions at
Ostende, ex-Q-118 as of Aug. 2006.
RG12 list shows Q-118 became INSHORE FISHERMAN - See
Q-121. An error.
 Q-119 - Commissioned into RCN: 16 Nov.1943
Not sold - Transferred to RCMP
FORT PITT ▲
SONDRA II
#193893 1st Reg'd.: 15 Apr.1958
Owner (1960 & 1973 - D.O.T.): James C. Slater,
Kingston, N.S. Reg'd.: LaHave, N.S. (as a yacht).
(Noted as built in Port Carling, Ont.)
Engs.: 2 x 1950 Vivian oil eng.
Owner (1980): Susan M. Craig, Belleville, ON
Owner (2004 - T.C.): 480997 Ontario. Ltd., 116 Seaton
St., Toronto, ON. (a residence - owner not
identified)
Owner (Transp.Can. ship's file, 2004) Susan Craig
(Mng.O.) Based at LaHave, N.S.
Still in service, reg'd. to 31 July 2007
 Q-120 - Commissioned into RCN: 27 Jan.1944
Sold, 29 Sept.1945 for $3,000; 1st registered 25
Oct.1949.
NELVANA II (1958) _ #190893
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Owner(1949): Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transport Co.
Ltd., Queen's Quay, Toronto (Gordon Leitch,
President) ▲
Eng.: 2 x 12 cyl. 1947 GMs, installed 1949
Reconditioned by J.J. Taylor Ltd., Toronto
Name changed - at Toronto, 7 Nov. 1949, to:
OSCEOLA (1951 D.O.T., 1958 Lloyd's, to 1972+)
#190893 ▲
Owner still Upper Lakes 1954-1961, Lloyd's Reg. Am.
Yachts. & Transp.Can. Sent to Florida for winters
(1958) (per Jack Leitch)
Sold 19 Oct. 1960
Transfered to Newfoundland registry 31 Oct.1960.
Owner (1960-1972+): Newfoundland Tractor & Equipment
Co. Ltd., St. John's. (as a yacht), for Ches Pippy
family, (ex-NELVANA II) President
Registry transfered to Montreal 7 Sept. 1973, then to
Toronto on 30 July, 1974, as OSCEOLA (From ship's
file, Toronto)
Owner: Joan A. Molz, Toronto (Mrs. Herbert F. Moltz)
Name changed 30 July, 1974 to:
(THE) LADY GALADRIEL
#190893 ▲
Owner: Mrs. Molz, then her husband's firm: Rohan
Contracting Ltd. (He was an American, couldn't own
a Canadian ship)
Sold to U.S.A. owners, & Cdn. registry closed 26 May,
1978
Owner(1980): Rohan Contracting Ltd. Sold 1983 to:
Owner: Herbert F. Molz, Annapolis, MD. Reg'd.
Baltimore. (Just a change of ownership registry)
Sold in U.S.A. by Capital Boats in 1986:
INDEPENDENCE U.S.C.G. #662573
Owner: Capital Boats Ltd. Then became:
MARYLAND INDEPENDENCE ▲
Owner: State of Maryland as Governor's launch
Sold on E-Bay Dec.22 2004, offered at $150,000+, sold
for $275,100 (U.S.) Still in service
Owner: Paul W. Davies, Hagerstown, MD. Reg'd.
Annapolis, for recreational use.
Sold to John Mabery & Tim Danses (spelling?)
Q-121 - Commissioned into RCN: 17 Apr.1944
Retained by RCN to end of 1945. Held for Naval
Reserves, by June, 1948
PTC-721 (no records) Planned for HMCS CATARAQUI in
Kingston, spring of 1949 (per article in
“Crowsnest.”). For disposal 24 Sept.1950. Not taken
up?
Sold 1953?
INSHORE FISHERMAN (Freeman says this was ex-Q-120 error?) #192093 - D.O.T. 1951, Lloyd's 1953/'54
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Owner (1950): Inshore Frozen Fish Ltd., Hamilton,
Ont. Reg'd.: Hamilton, Ont.
Owner (1951 D.O.T.): Ozofrozen Fish Co., Shelburne,
N.S.
Owner (1953/'54 Lloyd's): W.L. Sweeney. Reg'd.:
Hamilton
Eng.: 2 Cummings oil eng.
Register transf'd. to St. John, N.B. 30 Jan.1953.
Then to Grindstone, Magdalene Islds 19 Oct.1955
Owner:(1956 D.O.T.): Joseph W. Delaney, House Hbr.,
Magdalene Islds., Que. (to at least 1960)
DENIS D (ex-INSHORE FISHERMAN)
#192093
Owner (1960+): Same - Joseph Delaney, (for fishing)
Scrapped March 1972 (per Weymouth N.S. web page,
2004)
 Q-122 - Commissioned into RCN: 17 May,1944
Sold 2 Oct. 1945 for $3,000
MALIBU TYEE ▲ #176472
(One D.O.T. record says this lot is Q-126 etc. &
other interchange of nos. - an error)
Owner: Hamiltair Ltd., Vancouver and Princess Louisa
Inlet, Pender Island, B.C. ** ↓
Eng.: 2 x Sterling petrol eng., changed to 2 Grey
Marine oil eng. by 1947.
1st reg'd.: 31 Dec.1945
Owner (1951+ Lloyd's Reg. of Am. Yachts): Kirby-Mowat
Co. Ltd., Vancouver.
Eng.: 2 Gray Marine oil eng.
NANCY N. SEYMOUR ▲
Owner (Mar.1954): Southern Cross Ltd., Vancouver
#176472
Owner (1956 D.O.T.): Stamp River Timber Co., Port
Alberni, B.C.
Owner (1958): T.J. Boyles, Cobble Hill, B.C.; (Reg'd.
Vancouver)
Owner (1959, D.O.T.): F.H.A. Olafson, Vancouver
Owner (1960- 1965+): Robert Reynolds, Vancouver
(Reg'd: Port Alberni)
Engs.: 2 x Grey Marine 1945 oil eng. (diesel)
SOGNO D'ORO (per Transp.Can. still in service 2004)
Owner (by 1969): Star Enterprises Ltd., Vancouver (as
yacht)
Still in service per Transport Can. As of 2004. G.
Arnold Armstrong, Sect.
Reported as lost by fire in Howe Sound, per Marg
Evan, daughter of Capt. Reynolds. (or Q-128?)
Q-123 - Commissioned into RCN: 10 Jun.1944
Sold 1945, for $3,000
MALIBU MARLIN ▲ #176473
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Owner: Hamiltair Ltd., Vancouver
Eng.: 2 Grey Marine oil eng. (diesel)
Register closed 13 Dec. 1951 ▲ Sold foreign
TOLUCA U.S. #261059 ▲
Owner (1954 Lloyd's Reg. of Am. Yachts): William A.
Thompson, Los Angelese, CA. Same engs.
Q-124 - Commissioned into RCN: 30 Jun.1944
Retained by RCN to end of 1945.
Transferred to Naval Reserves, HMCS DISCOVERY,
Vancouver, by July 1950 or earlier
ELK, ex-PTC-724. Discarded 1954.
TEIRRAH #312819
Owner (1962): Vancouver Sky Terminals Ltd., Vancouver
PACIFIC GOLD (ex-TEIRRAH) (as a yacht). #312819
Owner (1965): Harbour Services (1964) Ltd., Vancouver
Owner (1969-1980+): Imperial-Laurentide Credit Corp.,
Vancouver
Sold Greek for Mediterranean, Dec. 1997
May be existing ZEUS II (per Christian, Gibraltar)
 Q-125 - Commissioned into RCN: 22 Jul.1944
Sold 1945 for $3000
MALIBU TILIKUM ▲ #176474
Owner: Hamiltair Ltd., Vancouver and Princess Louisa
Inlet, Pender Island, B.C.
Eng.: 2 x Grey Marine oil eng., 1945. 1st reg'd.:
31 Dec.1945
YORKEEN ▲ (by Dec. 1952; reg'd. Jan.-Apr.1953)
(Not YUKON III, Freeman - too small)
Owner: McKeen Scows Ltd., Vancouver
CAMPANA ▲ (In '58 Yachts Reg. By 1960 D.O.T. record
this named yacht is not a Fairmile ML, and built in
1930)
JORMHOLM (Lloyd's 1958) ▲ (Ex-CAMPANA) #176474
Owner (1960-1965+): Norman A. Dutton, Vancouver &
Calgary - Dutton Holdings Ltd.
Owner (1969, 1972+ - D.O.T.): Seaboard Yacht Brokers
Ltd., Vancouver. Reg'd. in Vancouver. Same engs.
GULFSTREAM II (by 1989) #176474 ▲
Owner: Gulf Lines Ltd. Vancouver (who had owned exArmed Yacht WOLF/GULFSTREAM, sunk 1947 north of
Powell River.)
Owner(1980): Seaport Charters Ltd., Vancouver (as a
yacht)
Owner in 2000: R.A.P. Holdings Ltd., Vancouver.
Reg'd. Vancouver; at Barbary Coast Marine.
Still in service 2004, to 30 June 2005
 Q-126 - Commissioned into RCN: 7 Aug.1944
Sold 1945 for $3,000
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PRINCESS MALIBU ▲ #176482 1st reg'd. 22 Jan. 1946
Owner (1946 - D.O.T.): Hamiltair Ltd., Vancouver &
Princess Louisa Inlet, Pender Island, B.C.
Eng.: 2 x Sterling petrol eng.
Lloyd's Reg. of Am. Yachts 1959 shows this as exQ-125, an error.
Owner (1951 D.O.T.): Gilpin-Nash Ltd., Vancouver
Owner (1960 - 1980+): William Swanson, Vancouver,
B.C. ▲ (as a yacht)
Still in service, 2004 at Vancouver. (Tr.Can.)
(In 2000 there was also a MALIBU PRINCESS (blt.
1966) in service)
Q-127 - Commissioned into RCN: 27 Sep.1944
Sold 1945 for $3,000
CHIEF MALIBU ▲ #176483
Owner(1946 - D.O.T.): Hamiltair Ltd., Vancouver and
Princess Louisa Inlet, Pender Isld., B.C. Reg'd.:
Vancouver
Eng.: 2 x Sterling petrol eng., changed to oil eng.
Sunk 11 Aug. 1952 ▲
Q-128 - Commissioned into RCN: 29 Jul.1944
Sold 1945 for $3,000
PRINCESS LOUISA INLET ▲
#176485
Owner (1946 - D.O.T.): Hamiltair Ltd., Vancouver &
Princess Louisa Inlet, Pender Island, B.C.
Eng.: Oil eng. (diesel)
Owner (1952 - new registration): George L. Murray,
Vancouver (per Transp. Can)
(Lloyd's Reg. of Am. Yachts still shows Hamiltair
in 1954)
Burned and sank, Pendell Sound, 18 Dec.1955
Register closed 18 Jan. 1956
Q-129 - Commissioned into RCN: 16 Oct.1944
Sold 1945.
MALIBU INEZ ▲ #176231
Owner: Hamiltair Ltd., Vancouver
Eng.: 2 x Sterling petrol eng., (the originals)
changed to 2 Grey Marine oil eng. To 1973.
HUNTRESS ▲
Owner: Cecil Irwin, New Westminster/Nanaimo, B.C.
Engs.: 2 Gray Marine Motor Co. oil eng.
For side fishing.
Sold American?
VIKING (no records)
ISLAND ADVENTURES
(no records)
On Canadian registry Aug. 1994
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Re the Hamiltair-owned MLs: the 1947 Lloyd's Register of
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American Yachts notes that MALIBU TYEE II, at 34', was
owned by Thomas F. Hamilton, Seattle, Wash., and some of
above Canadian MALIBU ships were also based on Seattle.
Hamilton Aero Ltd. of Beverly Hills, Calif. also owned a
MALIBU SAILFISH of 34', and a Mrs. Ethel I. Hamilton of
Beverly Hills owned 3 more MALIBU's. There are 15
with that name and Hamilton ownership in total.
UNKNOWN NAMES/NUMBERS: (Canadian-built - Per 1958
Lloyd's Register of Yachts or other info provided) Names
appearing in various other lists:
A.L. MacCLENNAN - not a Fairmile - an owner of HARWOOD - exQ-069
ATOMA III and ALONA III - spelling error for ALOMA III - exQ-074
CHIEF COMMANDER - Probably an error for GRANDE COMMANDER ex-Q-089
CHIEF TEKERIMAT - confusion for and spelling error for CHEF
TEKER8IMAT, ex-Q-087 (Or vice-versa?)
CYRUS - spelling error for CYRIUS - ex-Q-052
GULF TRADER - confusion for GULF RANGER - ex-Q-070
LADY ENIT - spelling error for LADY ENID - ex-Q-079
LEUVICOURT and LOUVIECOURT - spelling errors for LOUVICOURT ex-Q-090
MARINE FREIGHTER NO.1-spelling error for MARINE FREIGHT NO.1
- ex-Q-068
MONTERY - spelling error for MONTEREY - ex-Q-086
NANCY M. SEYMOUR - spelling error for NANCY N. SEYMOUR - exQ-122
NEDINA II - spelling error for NADINE II - ex-Q-065
PRINCESS LOUISE INLET - spelling error for PRINCESS LOUISA
INLET, ex-Q-128
SEYMOUR NARROWS - confusion with SECHELT NARROWS - ex-Q-068
ST RONAN - an RN Fairmile transferred to Free French at same
time as 3 RCN MLs Q-052, Q-062 and Q-063 - not an RCN
Fairmile. despite its number.
F.M. McKee
10 July, 2009
E-mail: <fmmck22(at)rogers.com>