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Q054
Fairmile
Motor
Launch
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ML Q054
Courtesy of Marc-Andre Morin
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image
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Laid down: 24
Mar
1941
Launched: 30
Aug 1941
Delivered to
the RCN: 17 Oct 1941
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Removed
from service: 06 Dec 1944
Fate:
Final disposition unknown
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Q054 was delivered to the RCN
on 17 Oct 1941. While she flew the White Ensign, she was not
commissioned into the RCN but instead was listed as a tender to HMCS
SAMBRO, the depot ship for escorts (tenders were not commissioned
vessels). This was the second Fairmile to terminate her naval
service. The last commanding officer left this one on 06 Dec 1944.
Q082 was first and Q108 was third. The rest were
terminated in the summer of 1945.
Photos and Documents
Commanding Officers
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Sub/Lt D.D. Morin,
RCNVR - 17 Sep 1941 - ?? Dec 1941
Lt Samuel Owen Greening,
RCNVR - 24 Mar 1942 - 30 Mar 1942
Lt Dudley Gawen King,
RCNVR - 19 Apr 1942 - 29 Jun 1942
Lt William Campbell Rigney,
RCNVR - 29 Jun 1942 - 10 Oct 1942 |
Lt Arthur Drysdale Stairs,
RCNVR - 11 Oct 1942 - 01 Nov 1942
Lt W.C. Rigney,
RCNVR - 02 Nov 1942 - 27 Mar 1943
Lt Howard Frederick Bartram,
RCNVR - 22 Jul 1943 - 13 Apr 1944
Lt Charles Nesbit Blagrave,
RCNVR - 14 Apr 1944 - 06 Dec 1944 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
Former Crew Members
Drummond,
David Barclay, SLt, RCNVR - 27 Mar 1943
Jessieman,
Duncan James, SLt, RCNVR - 15 Jun 1943
Lewis,
John McCullagh, SLt, RCNVR - 01 May 1942
Photos
and Documents
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ML Q054 underway after fitting out
From
the collection of Richard (Dick) Pearson, Ottawa, Ont. - Richard was
on board Q054 when this photo was taken
Jeffrey
Read was kind enough to provide a bit of background information on
his grandfather's involvement in the construction of the Fairmiles.
After
retiring out of active service after WW1, Richard Pearson became a
civil servant and went on to oversee the shipyard production of the
Fairmile launches on the Canadian east coast. Richard Pearson was
responsible for ensuring that Fairmile production was proceeding
according to the schedule, so he went on site to the following
shipyards for inspections as well: Marine Industries, Midland Boat
Works, Greavette Boats, Hunter Boats, J. J. Taylor, Minett and
LeBlanc Shipyards. Apparently, perhaps because my Grandfather was a
somewhat diminutive man, a yard worker "twice his size" at
the Marine shipyard took exception to him, picked a fight, and was
promptly dispatched to the ground by my Grandfather who was an
accomplished boxer! The yard workers enjoyed the show.
Courtesy
of Jeffrey Read
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ML Q054
Photographer: Roy T. Cardy
From the collection of Roy T. Cardy
Courtesy of Dennis Cardy
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The launching of Q054, 30 Aug 1941
Source: Maritime History of the Great Lakes,
Books, Scrapbooks, Jul to Dec 41, page 25
Courtesy of Marc-Andre Morin
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