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Q084
Fairmile
Motor
Launch
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Fairmile ML Q084
Credit: Gilbert A. Milne, National Archives of Canada, PA-134191
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Laid down: 20
Aug
1941
Launched: 16 May 1942
Delivered to the RCN: 04
Jun 1942
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Removed
from service: 15 Jun 1945
Fate:
Sold in 1946. Final disposition unknown.
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Built by LeBlanc Shipbuilding Co. J.H., Weymouth,
N.S., she was delivered to the RCN on 18 Jun 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). Q084 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. In Jan 1944, Q084 was listed as part of the
79th ML Flotilla. Sold in 1946 to R. E. Gamble, Toronto and was renamed
Nelvana.
Photos and Documents
Commanding Officers
Lt George Enderby Cross,
RCNVR - 04 Jun 1942 - 26 Mar 1943
Lt Ross Norten McDiarmid,
RCNVR - 27 Mar 1943 - 16 Apr 1944 |
Lt Jack McGregor Duck,
RCNVR - 17 Apr 1944 - 15 Dec 1944
Lt J.C. Mackey,
RCNVR - 23 Apr 1945 - 22 Jun 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
Former Crew Members
George,
Edgar Haines, SLt, RCNVR - 20 Feb 1943
Marples,
Vaughan Wilkens, SLt, RCNVR - 04 Apr 1944
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Marsh,
Gordon Thomas, SLt, RCNVR - 26 Jan 1944 |
McDiarmid,
Ross Norten, Lt, RCNVR - 09 May 1942 (Stand by) |
Photos and Documents
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Lt Jack M. Duck, RCNVR on Q084
Commanding Officer ML Q084 |
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