Q076

 

Fairmile Motor Launch

 

 

Fairmile ML Q076 at Digby, N.S., 

From the collection of John Joynt

Courtesy of Kevin Joynt

 

Laid down: 17 Sep 1941

Launched: 12 May 1942

Delivered to the RCN: 13 Jul 1942

Removed from service: 17 Jul 1945

Fate: Sold in 1945. Final disposition unknown

 

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

 

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

 

Gillis, Channing D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former Crew Members

 

Gourlay, John Lowry, SLt, John, RCNVR - 24 Apr 1944

 

Hurst, Kenneth Frederick, SLt, RCNVR - 22 Mar 1943

Pinchin, Robert James, Lt, RCNVR - 28 Apr 1942

 

Salmoni, Mark Donald SLt, RCNVR - 22 Mar 1945

Wellman, Vorece Huston, SLt, RCNVR - 17 May 1945

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

Q076-001

Q076-002

Q076-003

(Q076-001) ML Q076  //  Courtesy of Kevin Joynt

(Q076-002) ML Q094 with Q103 and Q076 following astern  //  RCN Photo # F-978  //  Courtesy of the Comox RCAF Museum

(Q076-003 / NMoH-CRN-001) ML Q076 at HMCS CORNWALLIS during work-ups c1944  //  Courtesy of the Naval Museum of Halifax

 

 

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