HMCS St. Julien

St Julien (left), Vimy, and Ypres under construction, Toronto, circa. May 1917
History
Canada
Name: St. Julien
Namesake: Battle of St. Julien
Builder: Polson Iron Works Limited, Toronto, Ontario
Launched: 2 August 1917
Commissioned: 13 November 1917
Decommissioned: 1920
Renamed:
  • Re-designated Lightship No.22
  • Re-named Centennial, post-1958
Fate: Sold, 1958
General characteristics
Class and type: Battle class naval trawler
Displacement: 320 long tons (330 t)
Length: 130 ft (40 m)
Beam: 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Draught: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Speed: 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Armament: 1 × QF 12-pounder (76-mm) gun

HMCS St Julien was one of twelve Battle class naval trawlers used by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). Named after the Battle of St. Julien, she was built by Polson Iron Works, in Toronto, Ontario, and was commissioned on 13 November 1917. Decommissioned in 1920, she was turned over to the Department of Marine and Fisheries, and like sister ships HMCS Messines, HMCS St. Eloi, and HMCS Vimy was converted to a lightship, eventually being designated Lightship No. 22. Sold in 1958, and renamed Centennial, she was still in existence as of 1978.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Ken Macpherson and John Burgess, The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910-1993 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships, (St. Catharines, Ont.: Vanwell Pub., 1994), 24. ISBN 0-920277-91-8
  2. ↑ Charles D. Maginley and Bernard Collin, The Ships of Canada's Marine Services, St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing, 2001, 113. ISBN 1-55125-070-5

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