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Martinville / Florence M.
Foundation Joan / Ruffy
Ex- Martinville. Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Florence M. [C.178934] registered at Toronto; built at Owen Sound in 1944. 37' x 10'5 x 3'9; 11 g.t.; 5 n.t.; 120 hp. Owned by McNamara Construction Co. Ltd., Leaside, Ontario. GAO Notes: Formerly Foundation Joan. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Florence M. [C.178934] registered at Toronto. Built at Owen Sound in 1944. 37'; l1 g.t. Canadian List of Ships 1997: Steel tug Florence M. [C.178934] registered at Toronto, Built at Owen Sound in 1944. 11 m; 11 g.t.; 5 r.t. Owned by Harry Gamble, Port Dover, Ontario. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by Harry Gamble, Port Dover, Ontario. GAO Notes: Has been ashore in the Gamble yard for a few years. Photographed in April 1999. Particulars Of Canadian War Vessels Building & Projected by Naval Service Headquarters (D. N. C. Dept.) 1943 - 1945: Martinville [CN876]. Canadian Transportation, November 1947, page 647. W.A.C. Ship Sales in August. 1 tug H.M.C.S. Martinville to Foundation Maritime Ltd., Halifax, N.S. GAO Notes: Became b] Foundation Joan. Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Florence M. [C.178934] registered at Toronto; built at Owen Sound in 1944. 37' x 10'5 x 3'9; 11 g.t.; 5 n.t.; 120 hp. Owned by McNamara Construction Co. Ltd., Leaside, Ontario. GAO Notes: Formerly Foundation Joan. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Florence M. [C.178934] registered at Toronto. Built at Owen Sound in 1944. 37'; 11 g.t. Canadian List of Ships 1997: Steel tug Florence M. [C.178934] registered at Toronto. Built at Owen Sound in 1944. 11 m; 11 g.t.; 5 r.t. Owned by Harry Gamble, Port Dover, Ontario. Transport Canada List 2003. Owned by Harry Gamble, Port Dover, Ontario. GAO Notes: Has been ashore in the Gamble yard for many years. Photographed in April 1999. SB notes (Apr. 16, 2018) still registered as RUFFY (O.N. 178934) owned by HARRY GEORGE GAMBLE of Port Dover, Ont.
Registry #178934. W61. Name 1 1944 Martinville (H.M.C.S.)
Name 2 1946 Foundation Joan
Name 3 1949 Florence M.
Name 4 (nk) Ruffy. 1-120bhp, 2nhp diesel engine (1944). In 1944 she was built for the Royal Canadian Navy. She was employed in boom defence at Sydney NS. In 1946 she was sold to Foundation Maritime Ltd., Halifax, NS. In 1948 she was sold to McNamara Construction St. Leaside, ON. In 1982 the name of McNamara Construction Ltd. Changed to Kesmark Construction Ltd. In 1983 she was sold to Cartier Construction Corporation, Montreal, QC. She was later sold to Harry Gamble, Port Dover, ON.
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The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 06 Aug 1947, Wed Page 16
(CROWN ASSETS) Subject to prior sale or withdrawal, War Assets Corporation has available for sale the following vessels. VILLE CLASS TUG Ex H.M.C.S. "Martinville" DESCRIPTION: Length 40'; Breadth 10'6"; Draught 4'9". Powered by a Cummins Diesel six cylinder engine 125 B.HP. at 1600 R.P.M.. Location: H.M.C.S. "Cataraqui", Kinston, Ont. Appraised $11,000.00.
For sale in Toronto, Sept. 1948. Interesting that the WAC was selling Martinville in Aug. 1947, Foundation Maritime bought it, and in April 1948 they had it repainted, rebuilt and renamed FOUNDATION JOAN, and it was back on the market 5 months after that.
Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Great Lakes Vessels Online Index
Photo source http://ul.bgsu.edu/cgi-bin/xvsl2.cgi Item 002131
RBF notes: Ex Foundation Joan, sitting in Gamble scrapyard
(Port Dover, ON April 4, 2004)
Harry Gamble Shipyard Cleanup (Port Dover, ON April 15, 2018). Shaun Vary comments: "Florence M. at left and Dorelin II at right. Nedelec is still in the water." Source: http://earlhartlen.com/wp
Harry Gamble Shipyard Cleanup (Port Dover, ON April, 2018). Source: http://earlhartlen.com/wp
n.b. after so many years of neglect, Ruffy was in really bad shape, unfortunately. Holes all over, and not salvageable.
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