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Q111
PTC 711 / HMCS Moose 711
Fairmile Motor Launch
Built by LeBlanc Ship Building Co., J.H., Weymouth, NS., she was delivered to the RCN on 09 Sep1943. 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 Apr 1944 and Feb 1945, Q111 was listed a part of the 78th ML Flotilla. Sold in 1945 to Gibson Mills Ltd, Vancouver, she was re-acquired by the RCN and renamed PTC 711, later HMCS Moose in 1954. She was sold in 1956.
Commanding Officers
They shall not be forgotten
Former Crew Members
Burke, Stanley Louis, SLt, RCNVR - 06 Apr 1944
Jeffries, Andrew Douglas, SLt, RCNVR - 02 Mar 1945
Photos and Documents
(MSE001) HMCS MOOSE 711 // RCN Photo # COND-1013 // Courtesy of the Comox RCAF Museum (MSE002) Newspaper article from a Port Arthur, ON newspaper on the arrival of PTC 711 at HMCS Griffon - June 1950 // Courtesy of Bill Kellerman (MSE003) Newspaper article from the Picton Gazette, Picton, Ont. on the visit of 6 RCN vessels - 14 Jul 1954 // Courtesy of John Lyons
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