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| Auburnville / W. A. C. No. 5
Particulars Of Canadian War Vessels Building & Projected by Naval Service Headquarters (D.N.C. Dept.) 1943 – 1945: Auburnville [CN803]. Canadian Transportation, September 1947, page 533: W.A.C. Sales of Surplus Ships: 3 tugs Glendower, Roseville, Auburnville – Marine Industries Ltd., Montreal, Que.
W. A. C. No. 5: Ex- H.M.C.S. Auburnville - Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Auburnville [C.177428] registered at Halifax; built at Owen Sound in 1944. 37' 5 x 10’ 5 x 4' 8; 11 g.t; 7 n.t.; 93 hp. Owned by National Gypsum (Canada) Ltd., Cheticamp, N. S. Ex - W. A. C. No. 5.
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Mac Mackay notes: AUBURNVILLE O.N.177428: 31 May 1962, sank off 30 Mile Point, Lake Ontario, west of Rochester , NY, position 43 degrees, 32 min N x 78 degrees 33.8 min W.
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"Ville" class acceptance trial. CN-803 Auburnville. Laid down 8-12-43, commissioned 24-1-44. Forty of these built for Royal Canadian Navy.
Clipping courtesy Gerry Ouderkirk.
Auburnville RCN Official Photo HS-0500-110_DHH courtesy nauticapedia.ca.
In 1944 she was built for the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1947 she was sold to Marine Industries Ltd., Montreal, QC. In 1947 she was sold to National Gypsum (Canada) Ltd., Chiticamp. NS. In 1957 she was sold to J.P. Porter Co., Ltd., Montreal, QC. She was employed by the RCN as Harbour Tug at Halifax NS. She sank 18 Aug 1945 while moving PRESTONIAN; refloated. On June 11.1962 she sank at Lake Ontario off Thirty Mile Point. 1 – 95 bhp, 2nhp Cummins diesel engine (1944).
source:
http://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=Auburnville%20(H.M.C.S.)&id=910&Page=1&input=Auburnville
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