Ship Details

Eskimo (R.C.A.F.)

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Registry #1 173470 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1942 Laurence K. Sweeney Name 6
Name 2 1942 M.456 Eskimo (R.C.A.F.) 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 15.6'
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 1 – 540bhp, 14.4nhp diesel engine (1942) Engine Manufacture Fairbanks Morse & Co. Beloit. WI
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # M.456 / B.125 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1942 she was owned by Walter Laurence K. Sweeney, Yarmouth, NS. In 1942 she was purchased by the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1945 she was sold to The Governors and Company of Adventurers of England, Trading into Hudson’s Bay, Winnipeg, MB
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1958-03-11
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was a sister ship to RCAF Beaver. this vessel was employed by the RCAF at Dartmouth NS. this vessel was wrecked and the hull burned on March 11, 1958.
 
References
Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 17/07/2018); RG12 Volume 805 File 9015-L24 REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS - WAR MEASURES - LAWRENCE K. SWEENEY M.V.; DHH 181.009 (loD1164) EAC - Operations Marine Craft M.456 – ESKIMO 1943; DHH 181.003 (D2296) EAC - Operations Marine Craft M.456 – ESKIMO 1943-1947;
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