Ship Details

Aristocrat (R.C.A.F.)

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Registry #1 157087 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1932 Aristocrat Name 6
Name 2 1940 Aristocrat (R.C.A.F.) Name 7
Name 3 1944 Aristocrat (H.M.C.S.) Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1932 Place Meteghan Area NS Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) ? x ? x ?
Builder Meteghan Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull (nk) Displacement
Gross Tonnage 121.62 Type 1 Freighter
Registered Tonnage 82.71 Type 2 Supply Vessel (Type I)
Engine 1 – 10lhp diesel engine Engine Manufacture Fairbanks Morse Co., Chicago IL USA
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # M.302 / B113 / Z.46 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1932 she was owned by R.J. Conley Co., Ltd., St. Andrews, NB. In 1938 she was sold to Augustine MacDonald, Souris, PE. In 1940 she was sold to Katherine McDonald, Souris, PE. In 1940 she was chartered by the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1942 she was purchased by the RCAF. In 1944 she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and served as H.M.C.S. Aristocrat, a Wireless -Telegraphy Calibration Vessel. In 1953 she was purchased by Walter Sweeney, Yarmouth, NS.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1964-02-01
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Vessel beached and presumed derelict February 01, 1964.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 18/07/2018); RG 12 Volume 768 File 9015-A12 Requisitioning of Ships War Measures – Aristocrat; RG 12 Reel T-11901 (1941) (Aristocrat); RG 12 Reel T-11904 (1946) (Aristocrat);
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