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M.522 Beaver (R.C.A.F.)

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Registry #1 (RCAF) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1942 M.522 Beaver (R.C.A.F.) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1942 Place Lunenburg Area NS Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 154.9' x 30.7' x 12.0'
Builder Smith & Rhuland Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 379.06 Type 1 Supply Vessel (Type I)
Registered Tonnage 245.12 Type 2
Engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # B.137; M.522 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1942 she was built for the Royal Canadian Air Force.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1946-08-21
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was employed by the RCAF at Dartmouth NS. this vessel was a sister ship to the RCAF Eskimo. On August 21, 1946 this vessel sank at the entrance to James Bay.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000)' RG12 Volume 814 File 9015-M52 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES - BEAVER M 522 (R.C.A.F.); RG12E-1-b Volume 3558 File 975-522-2 Court of Inquiry - Investigating Loss of RCAF Vessel BEAVER August 1946; Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 17/08/2018);
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