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Comox (H.M.C.S.) (I)

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Registry #1 J.64 (RCN) Registry #2 (Chinese Registry) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1938 Comox (H.M.C.S.) (I) Name 6
Name 2 1946 Sung Ming Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1938 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 163' x 27.5' x 14.5'
Builder Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull (nk) Displacement 460
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Minesweeper, Bay-class
Registered Tonnage Type 2 Tug
Engine 850ihp military steam reciprocating engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # J.64 Masters
 
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In 1938-45 she in service with the Royal Canadian Navy. She was initially based at Esquimalt BC for local patrol duty. In 1940 she was transferred with H.M.C.S. Nootka to Halifax NS Canada. She spent the war minesweeping with the Halifax Local Defence Force. On 15/01/1945 with H.M.C.S. Fundy she rescued the survivors of the US Liberty ship Martin Van Buren torpedoed off Halifax NS Canada. In 1946 she was sold as a tug based at Shanghai China.
 
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)
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