Ship Details

Gannet (H.M.C.S.)

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Registry #1 158808 (Canada) Registry #2 (RN) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1925 Seaborn (I) Name 6 1943 Venture (H.M.C.S.)
Name 2 1939 Charles A. Dunning (I) Name 7 (nk) Gannet (H.M.C.S.)
Name 3 1939 Seaborn (H.M.S.) Name 8
Name 4 1941 Sambro (H.M.S.) Name 9
Name 5 1943 Venture II (H.M.C.S.) Name 10
 
Year Built 1925 Place Leith Area Scotland Country UK
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 167.6' x 27.1' x 11.4'
Builder Ramage and Ferguson Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 510 Type 1 Ferry, Passenger
Registered Tonnage 242 Type 2
Engine 27hp engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
She was a US yacht as Seaborn. In 1939 she was acquired by Northumberland Ferries Ltd. In 1939 she was the RN HQ of the Rear-Admiral Commanding the Third Battle Squadron at Halifax NS as Seaborn. She was acquired as a Canadian Naval Depot Ship for destroyers and auxiliaries at Halifax NS Canada. In 1946 she was paid off. In 1953 she was still in serice under the Panamanian flag.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
H.M.S. Seaborn was the R.N. HQ of the Rear-Admiral Commanding the Third Battle Squadron at Halifax NS. This vessel was acquired as a Canadian Naval Depot Ship as H.M.S. Sambro, a Depot Ship for destroyers and auxiliaries at Halifax NS. In 1942 this vessel became H.M.S. Venture II. This vessel was renamed as H.M.C.S. Gannet. This vessel was renamed as Venture II.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); J.J. Colledge and Ben Warlow (2010) Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate Oxford UK;
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