Ship Details
M.809 Woodcock (R.C.A.F.) If you have images associated with this Vessel, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Registry #1	M.809 (RCAF)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1953	M.809 Woodcock (R.C.A.F.)	Name 6
Name 2	1965c	Woodcock (C.F.A.V.)	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1953	Place	Owen Sound	Area	ON	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	? x ? x ?
Builder	Russel-Hipwell Engines Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Aircraft Crashboat
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine		Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	M.809	Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1953 she was a crashboat built for the Royal Canadian Navy. She was transferred to the Canadian Navy as an Aircraft Rescue vessel serving 1965-1982. In 1982 she was declared surplus and sold.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
This vessel served at R.C.A.F. Detachment Watson Lake ca1953; and at R.C.A.F. Station Cold Lake ca1958;

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Bryon Taylor (Email to Nauticapedia 18/07/2018); RG 24 Volume 1245 File 1018 Pt2&3 Equipment & Supplies - RCAF Vocab. Section 18 Equipment - Marine Crafts & Engines;
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