Ship Details

St. Joseph (H.M.C.S.)

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Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo

 
 
Registry #1 J.359 (RCN) Registry #2 (Mexico register) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1944 St. Joseph (H.M.C.S.) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1944 Place Nanaimo Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 119.3. x 22' x 8.7'
Builder Newcastle Ship Building Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull (nk) Displacement
Gross Tonnage 228 Type 1 Minesweeper, Llewellyn-class
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # J.359 Masters
 
Owner(s)
She was in Royal Canadian Navy service 1944-1945. She was paid off November 8th, 1945. She was sold out of service in 1947 to Mexico interests.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name She was named after the former municipality of Saint Joseph, Quebec which is now part of the city of Drummondville.
 
Anecdotes
This vessel spent her wartime career on Esquimalt and Prince Rupert Force. In 1945, at the end of the Second World, War this vessel was laid up in the ship boneyard at Bedwell Bay in Indian Arm BC.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000);
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