Ship Details

Berry Head (H.M.S.)

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Registry #1 (RN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1945 Berry Head (H.M.S.) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1945 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 424.6' x 57.2' x 34.9
Builder Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement 8580
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Freighter, (Victory-type)
Registered Tonnage Type 2 Maintenance Ship
Engine 2500ihp steam reciprocating engine Engine Manufacture Dominion Engineering Works Ltd., Montreal PQ
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1960-1962 she was refitted and modernized at ChathamKent UK. Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1945-1963 she was owned by the Royal Navy.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name Named for a headland near Brixham, Devon UK.
 
Anecdotes
In 1945-1946 this vessel was an Escort Maintenance Ship for SE Asian and Far Eastern service in the Royal Navy Fleet Train. In 1963 this vessel was put in Operational Reserve at Portsmouth UK.
 
References
Heal, S.C. (1999); J.J. Colledge and Ben Warlow (2010) Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate Oxford UK;
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