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Q068
Fairmile
Motor
Launch
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Fairmile ML Q068
Source: Flickr photo collection of Don
Gorham
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Laid down: 29
Jan
1941
Launched: 25
Oct 1941
Delivered to
the RCN: 07 Aug 1942
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Removed
from service: 12 Oct 1945
Fate:
Sold and renamed several times. Final disposition unknown.
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Built at A.C. Benson
Shipyard, Vancouver, B.C., she was delivered to the RCN on 07 Aug 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).
Q068 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 and 14 men, Armament: 3-20mm.
Sold in 1956 to Straits Towing & Salvage Company,
Vancouver, Q068 was renamed many times as Marine Freight No. 1, Miss
Linda, Salvor, Sechelt Narrows and ST & S.
Commanding Officers
Skpr/Lt Harry Esson Young,
RCNR - 07 Mar 1942 - 28 Feb 1943
Lt Edward Percy Ashe,
RCNVR - 28 Feb 1943 - 08 Sep 1943
Lt R.D. Linton,
RCNVR - 09 Sep 1943 - 30 Aug 1944 |
Lt J.M. Lewis,
RCNVR - 31 Aug 1944 - 21 Sep 1944
Lt R.D. Linton,
RCNVR - 22 Sep 1944 - 27 Aug 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
Former Crew Members
Housser,
Trevor, Lt, RCNVR - 08 Apr 1944
Morrison,
David Robert, Lt, RCNVR - 16 Jun 1943
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Newstead,
Ralph, SLt, RCNVR - 07 Mar 1942
Pearo,
Lester Peter, Skpr, RCNR - 07 Mar 1942
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Smith,
Clayton Karn Drew, Lt, RCNVR - 23 Feb 1943 |
Photos and Documents
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ML Q068
RCN Photo # E-2536
Courtesy of the Comox RCAF Museum |
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