HMCS St. Eloi
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| 300px St Eloi without her gun | |
| Career (Canada) | Canadian Naval Ensign (pre 1957) |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMCS St. Eloi |
| Namesake: | Action of St Eloi Craters March - April 1916 |
| Builder: | Polson Iron Works Limited, Toronto, Ontario |
| Launched: | 2 August 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 13 November 1917 |
| Decommissioned: | 1920 |
| Recommissioned: | 1940 |
| Decommissioned: | June 1945 |
| Renamed: | Re-designated Lightship No. 20 |
| Fate: | Disposed of in 1962; final fate unknown |
| 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 × QF 12-pounder (76-mm) gun |
HMCS St. Eloi was one of twelve Battle class naval trawlers used by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). Named after the Action of the St. Eloi Craters, she was built by Polson Iron Works, in Toronto, Ontario, and was commissioned on 13 November 1917. Decommissioned in 1920, she was turned over to the Department of Marine and Fisheries, and like sister ships Template:HMCS, Template:HMCS, and Template:HMCS was converted to a lightship, eventually being designated Lightship No. 20. Returned to the RCN in 1940, St. Eloi became a gate vessel, designated Gate Vessel 12, and spending part of the war at Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Handed over to the Department of Transport in June 1945, St. Eloi was ultimately disposed of in 1962.[1][2]
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), 24. ISBN 0-920277-91-8
- ↑ Charles D. Maginley and Bernard Collin, The Ships of Canada's Marine Services, St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing, 2001, 113. ISBN 1-55125-070-5
