Ship Details

Chedabucto (H.M.C.S.)

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Registry #1 J.168 (RCN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1941 Chedabucto (H.M.C.S.) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1941 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 171' x 28.5' x 10.1'
Builder Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement 672
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Minesweeper, Bangor-class
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 2400ihp T/S steam engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # J.168 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1941-1942 she served in the Royal Canadian Navy.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1943-10-21
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On 27 September 1942, while southwest of Anticosti Island, the Lord Kelvin was performing cable work when the Canadian Bangor-class minesweeper Chedabucto was ordered to escort her to Rimouski, Quebec. Chedabucto was running in a blacked-out state, and at 05:55, Lord Kelvin rammed the minesweeper in its side, near the wardroom. One member of Chedabucto's crew was killed in the collision.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Lord_Kelvin (website viewed 06/09/2022);
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