HMCS Festubert
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 HMCS Festubert | |
| Career (Canada) | Canadian Naval Ensign (pre 1957) |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMCS Festubert |
| Namesake: | Battle of Festubert |
| Builder: | Polson Iron Works, Toronto |
| Launched: | 2 August 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 13 November 1917 |
| Recommissioned: | 1 May 1923 |
| Decommissioned: | 1934 |
| Recommissioned: | 1939 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 April 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold 1946, scuttled 30 June 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Battle-class naval trawler |
| Displacement: | 320 long tons (330 t) |
| Length: | 130 ft (40 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Speed: | 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
| Armament: | 1 × 12-pounder gun |
HMCS Festubert was one of twelve Battle class naval trawlers used by the Royal Canadian Navy. Built at Polson Iron Works in Toronto, Festubert was commissioned on 13 November 1917. Laid up on the east coast after the end of the war, she was recommissioned for training and other duties in May 1923, but was again placed in reserve in 1934. During the Second World War, Festubert, designated Gate Vessel 17, was one of the gate vessels in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Sold in 1946 and renamed Inverleigh, on 30 June 1971 she was scuttled off Burgeo, Newfoundland.[1]
References
- ↑ Ken Macpherson and John Burgess, The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910-1993 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships, (St. Catharines, Ont.: Vanwell Pub., 1994), 23. ISBN 0-920277-91-8
