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Q076
Fairmile
Motor
Launch
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Fairmile ML Q076 at Digby, N.S.,
From the collection of John Joynt
Courtesy of Kevin Joynt
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Laid down: 17
Sep
1941
Launched: 12 May 1942
Delivered to the RCN: 13
Jul 1942
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Removed
from service: 17 Jul 1945
Fate:
Sold in 1945. Final disposition unknown
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Built by Minett-Shields Ltd., Bracebridge, Ont.,
she was delivered to the RCN on 13 Jul 1942. She was a type
"B" 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. 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). In Feb 1944 and Mar 1945, Q076 was listed as part of the 73rd ML
Flotilla. Sold in 1945 to ACME Boat and Salvage Company, New York,
USA., her final disposition is unknown.
Photos and Documents
Commanding Officers
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Lt John Leitch,
RCNVR - 13 Jul 1942 - 04 Apr 1943
Lt Guy Rene Brassard,
RCNVR - 05 Apr 1943 - 08 Jun 1943
Lt Frank Ebb Galway,
RCNVR - 09 Jun 1943 - 21 Jun 1943 |
Lt Wingate Errol
William Snaith,
RCNVR - 24 Feb 1944 - 20 Jul 1944
Lt Frederick Beverley Pugh,
RCNVR - 21 Jul 1944 - 19 Jul 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
Former Crew Members
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Gourlay,
John Lowry, SLt, John, RCNVR - 24 Apr 1944
Hurst,
Kenneth Frederick, SLt, RCNVR - 22 Mar 1943
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Pinchin,
Robert James, Lt, RCNVR - 28 Apr 1942
Salmoni,
Mark Donald SLt, RCNVR - 22 Mar 1945
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Wellman,
Vorece Huston, SLt, RCNVR - 17 May 1945 |
Photos and Documents
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ML Q076
Courtesy of Kevin Joynt |
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ML Q094 with Q103 and Q076 following astern
RCN Photo # F-978
Courtesy of the Comox RCAF Museum |
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NMoH-CRN-001 |
ML Q076 at HMCS CORNWALLIS during work-ups
c1944
Courtesy of the Naval Museum of Halifax |
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