HMCS Vimy

Vimy (right) and St Julien (left) under construction in Toronto, 1917
History
Canada
Name: Vimy
Namesake: Battle of Vimy Ridge
Builder: Polson Iron Works Limited, Toronto, Ontario
Launched: 17 July 1917
Commissioned: 13 November 1917
Decommissioned: 30 November 1918
Renamed: Re-designated Lightship No. 5
Fate: Possibly broken up around 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 Vimy was one of twelve Battle class naval trawlers used by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). Named after the Battle of Vimy Ridge, she was built by Polson Iron Works, in Toronto, Ontario, and was commissioned on 13 November 1917. Decommissioned on 30 November 1918, she was subsequently transferred to the Department of Marine and Fisheries, which converted her into a lightship, like sister ships HMCS Messines, HMCS St. Eloi, and HMCS St. Julien. Eventually designated Lightship No. 5, Vimy was probably broken up in around 1958.[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), 25. 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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