HMCS Laurentian

HMCS Laurentian, with the ship's 12-pounder visible forward.
History
Great Britain
Name: King Edward
Builder: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, England
Launched: 1902
Fate: Sold to Canada Steamship Lines, 1911
Canada
Name: Laurentian
Acquired: 1911
Commissioned: 1 May 1917, as HMCS Laurentian
Decommissioned: January 1919
Renamed: Laurentian, 1911
Fate: Scrapped, 1947
General characteristics
Tonnage: 355 tons
Length: 149 ft (45 m)
Beam: 24 ft (7.3 m)
Draught: 11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion: Single screw, steam triple expansion, 84 NHP
Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h)
Armament: 1 12-pounder

HMCS Laurentian was a commissioned patrol vessel of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) that served in the First World War and postwar until 1919.

Construction and service

The vessel was ordered from Cook, Welton & Gemmell in Beverley, United Kingdom.[1] Launched as King Edward in 1902, she was acquired by Canada Steamship Lines and renamed Laurentian in 1911. Between 1911 and 1913, she was chartered to the Customs Preventive Service.

In May 1917, Laurentian was sold to the RCN and armed with a single 12-pounder gun mounted forward. She served as a patrol vessel until January 1919. After being transferred to the Department of Marine and Fisheries, Laurentian was used as a buoy tender and lighthouse supply vessel until 1946, when she was retired, and was scrapped the following year.[1]

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  1. 1 2 Macpherson and Barrie, 2002. p.22

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