Ship Details

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

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Registry #1 K.454 (RCN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1944 St. Stephen (H.M.C.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1955 St. Stephen (C.C.G.S.) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1944 Place Esquimalt Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 301.5' x 36.6' x 9'
Builder Yarrows Ltd. Measurement (metric) 91.82m x 11.13m x 2.74m
Hull Steel Displacement 1445
Gross Tonnage 1445 Type 1 Frigate, River-class
Registered Tonnage Type 2 Weather ship
Engine 2-4cl triple expansion 2250hp steam engines (1944) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # K.454 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1944 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1944 she was commissioned as H.M.C.S. St. Stephen. In 1944 she was assigned to Escort Group C-5. In 1945 she was paid off. In 1947 she was converted to weather ship service on Labrador-Greenland station. In 1950 she was transferred to Esquimalt and paid off. In 1950 she was loaned to the Department of Transport for weather ship service as CGS St. Stephen. In 1958 she was transferred to DOT as spare for weather ship service. In 1968 she was sold.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); McGinley, C.D. & B. Collin (2001);
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