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M.872 Black Duck (R.C.A.F.)Photo Credit: John MacFarlane |
Registry #1 | M.872 (RCAF) | Registry #2 | YFL.872 (RCN) | Registry #3 | |
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1954 | M. 872 Black Duck (R.C.A.F.) | Name 6 | ||
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Name 2 | 1954 | Black Duck (C.F.A.V.) | Name 7 | ||
Name 3 | Name 8 | ||||
Name 4 | Name 9 | ||||
Name 5 | Name 10 |
Year Built | 1954 | Place | Dunville | Area | ON | Country | Canada |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 40' x 11' x 4.5' |
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Builder | S.G. Powell Shipyard | Measurement (metric) | ?m x ?m x ?m |
Hull | Steel | Displacement | |
Gross Tonnage | Type 1 | Crash Boat | |
Registered Tonnage | Type 2 | ||
Engine | 2-diesel GM671 engines | Engine Manufacture | General Motors Corporation, Detroit MI USA |
Repower | Propulsion | Twin Screw | |
Rebuilds | Call Sign | CFH8061 | |
Pendant # | M.872; YFL.872; | Masters |
Owner(s) |
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In 1954-1964 she was owned by Minister of National Defence (Royal Canadian Air Force), Ottawa ON. In 1985-1998 she was owned by the Canadian Armed Forces. She was purchased by the Vancouver Maritime Museum for use as a tender. |
Fate | Registry closed | Date | 2006-00-00 |
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Named Features | |
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Significance of Name | Named for the Black Duck |
Anecdotes |
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This vessel was built as the R.C.A.F. Black Duck. this vessel was an RCAF crashboat at RCAF Station Comox. this vessel was acquired by the Canadian Navy as a Canadian Naval Patrol Craft, Rescue 1965-1998. this vessel was laid up March 19, 1998. this vessel was afloat in 2004. Lucian Ploias (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 17/12/2016) states that "this vessel sank at her mooring in 2005 at the Vancouver Maritime Museum, was raised and broken up." |
References |
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A.D. Baker (comp.) (1999); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Isenor, D.E., W.N. McInnis, E.G. Stephens and D.E. Watson. (1987); Freeman, David J. (2000); Brouwer, Norman J. (1993); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 17/08/2018); |
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