HMCS Curlew
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 HMCS Curlew, location and date unknown | |
| Career (Canada) | 100x35px |
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| Name: | HMCS Curlew |
| Builder: | Polson Iron Works, Owen Sound, Ontario |
| Launched: | 1892 |
| Fate: | Sold, 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 185 tons |
| Length: | 116 ft (35 m) |
| Beam: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Speed: | 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 23 |
| Armament: | 3 machine-guns |
HMCS Curlew was a commissioned minesweeper of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) that served in the First World War. Built as a fisheries patrol vessel for the Department of Marine and Fisheries, Curlew served on the East Coast. Along with sister ship CGS Constance, Curlew was fitted with mine sweeping gear in 1912. Both vessels were taken into naval service after the outbreak of war in 1914, and were used for patrol or examination duties. Curlew was sold in 1921.
References
- Converted civilian vessels
- Canadian Navy Heritage Project: Ship Technical Information
- Canadian Navy Heritage Project: Photo Archive
- Maginley, Charles D., and Collin, Bernard. The Ships of Canada's Marine Services. St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing, 2001, p. 72. ISBN 1-55125-070-5
