Q062

PTC 762  /  HMCS WOLF 762

Fairmile Motor Launch

Built by Mac-Craft Ltd., Sarnia, Ontario, she was delivered to the RCN on 18 Apr 1942. 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).

Q062 was a  "B" Type ML, Displacement: 79 tons, Length: 112 ft, Beam: 17.9 ft, Draught: 4.9 ft, Speed: 20 kts, Complement: 3 officers, 14 men, Armament: 3-20mm.

She served with the free French Navy out of St. Pierre et Miquelon (renamed Langlade V112) on the South Coast of Newfoundland from 15 Jan 1943, until the end of the war. After the was she was sold to Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., New York. Q062 was re-acquired by the navy and became HMCS WOLF 762 in 1954. She was purchased by Orrville Gold in 1964 and was used as a break wall behind the Gold residence on the north shore of lake Eire where it was destroyed by winter ice in the 1970s. 

Photos and Documents

Commanding Officers

Lt William Lyle Moore, RCNVR - 01 Apr 1942 / 18 Apr 1942 - 30 Apr 1942

Lt Howard David Pepper, RCNVR - 01 May 1942 - 16 Jan 1943

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

Former Crew Members

Browne, Hugh Joseph, Lt, RCNVR - 08 Jul 1942

Pepper, Howard David, SLt, RCNVR - 01 Apr 1942

Photos and Documents

(Q062-001) Fueling jetty at St. John's Harbour, Nfld.  The fuel tank is up on the hill. Fairmiles Q050 and Q062, and corvette HMCS WETASKIWIN K175 outboard ships  //  The Frisken photo collection

(Q062-002) ML Q062  //  RCN Photo # WT-539  //  Courtesy of the Comox RCAF Museum

(Q062-003) French crew of Q062 at St-Pierre et Miquelon  //  From the collection Eugène Théault  //  Source: Website - RCN Fairmiles

(Q062-004) Free French Naval Vessel Q062  //  RCN Photo # JT-540  //  Courtesy of the Comox RCAF Museum

(762-001) HMCS Wolf tally plate  //  From the collection of Patrick Ryall  //  The name plate is now held in a private collection in Winnipeg

(762-002) HMCS Wolf 762 at Windsor, ON - Detroit, MI in the background - circa 1953.  HMCS Wolf was a tender to HMCS Hunter  //  Coourtesy of Robbie Robertson

(762-003) Former HMCS Wolf 762 used as a breakwater  //  This vessel was purchased by Orrville Gold in 1964 and was used as a break wall behind the Gold residence on the north shore of lake Eire where it was destroyed by winter ice in the 1970s. The children on the vessel are Gold family members. Currently in the location is a steel barge. 42’ 15’ 24.47 north 82’ 03’ 35’.83 west.  //  Source: RCN Fairmiles  //  Credit: Gwen Gold