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Q083
Fairmile
Motor
Launch
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ML Q083
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Laid down: 20
Aug
1941
Launched: 24
Mar 1942
Delivered to the RCN: 25 May 1942
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Removed
from service: 13 Jun 1945
Fate: Unknown
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Built by LeBlanc Shipbuilding Co., J.H.,
Weymouth, N.S., she was delivered to the RCN on 25 May 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). Q083 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.
In Apr 1944, Q083 was listed as part of the 79th
ML Flotilla. Sold in 1945
to Lorne Johnson, Montague, Prince Edward Island and renamed
Lazy Mariner.
Photos and Documents
Commanding Officers
Lt William Martin Grand, RCNVR - 09 May
1942 - 10 May 1943
Lt Malcolm Campbell Knox,
RCNVR - 11 May 1943 - 07 Oct 1943
Lt J.R. Akin, RCNVR - 08 Oct 1943 - 11 Sep
1944 |
Lt G.A. Sweeney,
RCNVR - 12 Sep 1944 - 15 Dec 1944
Lt Richard John Murray Allan,
RCNVR - 23 Apr 1945 - 15 Jul 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
Former Crew Members
Balfry,
Cyril Alfred, Slt, RCNVR - 18 May 1943
Dixon,
Jack, Slt, RCNVR - 01 May 1945
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Jay,
Walter Angus, Slt, RCNVR - 09 Apr 1944
MacKay,
William Reay, Lt, RCNVR - 09 May 1942 |
Photos and Documents
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ML Q083 just outside Halifax |
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Q083 in formation with other Fairmiles
From the collection of George Schmidt
Courtesy of Robyn Barker |
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