Ship Details
Condor (III) Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo

 

Registry #1	J.261 (RCN)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1942	Kelowna (H.M.C.S.)	Name 6
Name 2	1946	Condor (III)	Name 7
Name 3	1950	Hung Hsin	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1942	Place	Prince Rupert	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	180' x 24' x 10'
Builder	Prince Rupert Dry Dock & Shipyards Co.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	672	Type 1	Minesweeper, Bangor-class
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	2400ihp engine (16kts)	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	J.261	Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1942-1945 she was in Royal Canadian Navy service. In 1950 she was owned by a Chinese owner in Shanghai China.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1950-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	Named for the City of Kelowna.

 

Anecdotes
At the end of the Second World War this vessel was laid up in the ship boneyard at Bedwell Bay in Indian Arm BC. In about 1950 this vessel was broken up.

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000);
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