Ship Details
Saskatchewan (H.M.C.S.) (II) Photo Credit: John M. MacFarlane

 

Registry #1	DDE.262 (RCN)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1963	Saskatchewan (H.M.C.S.) (II)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1963	Place	Esquimalt	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	366' x 42' x 13.5'
Builder	Yarrows Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	111.6m x 12.8m x 4.1m
Hull	Steel	Displacement	2263
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Destroyer Escort, Mackenzie Class
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	2 geared electric steaam turbine engines	Engine Manufacture	Victoria Machinery Depot Ltd., Victoria BC
Repower		Propulsion	Twin Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	DDE.262	Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1963-1994 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
She was laid-up in 1994. On June 14, 1997 this vessel was sunk as an artificial reef off Snake Island BC about two km east of Nanaimo BC Canada.

 

References
Vancouver Sun. Wednesday, October 23, 1996; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa; Richard Wall (2014 Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia);
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