Ship Details
Prince David (H.M.C.S.) Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	156892 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1930	Prince David	Name 6
Name 2	1940	Prince David (H.M.C.S.)	Name 7
Name 3	1948	Charlton Monarch	Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1930	Place	Birkenhead	Area		Country	UK

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	366.4' x 57.15' x 18.9'
Builder	Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead UK	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	6892	Type 1	Passenger Vessel
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine		Engine Manufacture	Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead UK
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	VGFW
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Charles W. McKay

 

Owner(s)
In 1940 she was owned by Canadian National Steamships Co. Ltd. and registered at Vancouver BC Canada. In 1940 she was acquired by the Royal Canadian Navy as an Canadian Naval Cruiser, Armed Merchant for service 1940-43. In 1948 she was owned by Charlton Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. (Chandris (England) Ltd. mgrs.).

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1951-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

This vessel was powered by turbines geared to each shaft with a single reduction gear. This vessel served as an Infantry Landing Ship 1943-45. In 1944 this vessel was re-built at Esquimal BC and Vancouver BC and was transferred to the UK. In 1944 this vesseljoined Combined Operations and landed troops at Normandy on D-Day. This vessel then participated in Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France. This vessel was damaged by a mine off Aegina Island Greece and repaire in North Africa. This vessel returned to Esquimalt BC for refit and paid off in 1945. In 1951 this vessel was broken up in the UK.

 

References
Canada List of Shipping; Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000); Photo Courtesy of Nauticapedia Collection;
Last update
2020-06-06 00:00:00
Record Creator
John M. MacFarlane (2020);
Record Updater
John M. MacFarlane (2020);

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