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Cowichan (V)

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Registry #1 J.146 (RCN) Registry #2 (US) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1940 Cowichan (H.M.C.S.) (I) Name 6
Name 2 1947 Cowichan (V) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1940 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 180.0' x 28.5' x 8.25'
Builder North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd. Measurement (metric) 54.9m x 8.7m x 3.0m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Minesweeper, Bangor-class
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 2 Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, 2 shafts, vertical triple-expansion reciprocating engines, 2,400 ihp (1,790 kW) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In July 1943 she underwent a six-week refit in Baltimore MD. Call Sign
Pendant  # J.146 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1940 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1946 she was sold in 1946 to a buyer from New York who had her converted for mercantile purposes. Acquired by Cia Naviera Icaria SA, she kept her name but was registered in Panama. In 1948, the vessel was sold to C. Moraitis. Cowichan was converted to a trawler with a gross register tonnage of 663 tons. The ship was broken up in 1950 but was kept listed until 2008. Her Greek registry was closed in 1973.
 
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); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Cowichan_(J146);
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