HMCS Elk
HMCS Elk was an armed yacht serving with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Prior to Canadian service, the ship was named Arcadia. She was used initially as a patrol vessel, but later saw use as a training and guard ship for submarines on the East Coast of Canada. Following the war, Elk was sold for commercial use and returned to her original name. She was renamed Grand Manan III in 1946 and used as a short-haul passenger ferry before being broken up in 1968.
HMCS Elk | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
|
| Builder | Newport News SB. Co., Newport News, Virginia |
| Launched | 3 April 1926 |
| In service | August 1926 |
| Out of service | 1940 |
| Fate | Transferred to Royal Canadian Navy 1940–1945, scrapped 1968 |
| Canada | |
| Name | Elk |
| Namesake | Elk, a large deer species found in North America |
| Acquired | 1940 |
| Commissioned | 10 September 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 4 August 1945 |
| Identification | Pennant number: S05/Z27 |
| Honours and awards | Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942, 1944. |
| Fate | Sold for commercial use |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Armed yacht |
| Displacement | 578 long tons (587 t) |
| Length | 188 ft (57 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 40 |
| Armament | 1 × 4 in (102 mm) gun |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.