Q099

 

Fairmile Motor Launch

 

 

Fairmile ML Q099

Source: Flickr photo collection of Don Gorham

 

Laid down: 02 Apr 1942

Launched: 24 Oct 1942

Delivered to the RCN: 07 Nov 1942

Paid off: 02 Jul 1945

Fate: Sold after the war. Final disposition unknown

 

Built by Grew Boats Ltd., Penetanguishene, Ont., she was delivered to the RCN on 07 Nov 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). Q099 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.

 

In Feb 1944 and Mar 1945, Q099 was listed as part of the 77th ML Flotilla. Sold in 1948 to Joe Dunkleman, Tip-Top Tailors of Toronto and was renamed Dipedon and later Donarvie II.

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

SLt Peter G. D. Armour, RCNVR - 07 Mar 1942 - 06 Nov 1942

Lt G. M. Moors, RCNVR - 07 Nov 1942 - 18 Oct 1943

SLt Peter G. D. Armour, RCNVR - 19 Oct 1943 - 09 Jan 1945

Lt John Brayn LeMaistre, RCNVR - 08 Jan 1945 - 02 Jul 1945

 

 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 

 

Former Crew Members

 

Carras, Constantine, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1944

 

Hayes, Murray William, SLt, RCNVR - 19 Mar 1945

 

Kirkwood, Thomas Mulvey, SLt, RCNVR - 29 Feb 1944

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

 

A Christmas card from ML Q099

From the collection of Jack Simmons

Courtesy of RCSCC Bowmanville

'Dipedon', Converted Fairmile, On 10-Day Fishing Cruise in Bay

The Belleville Intelligencer, 03 Jul 1948

Source: Belleville Public Library microfilm collection

Researched and complied by: © John Lyons 2015

 

 

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