M 807 / RCAF RUFF
RCAF Seaplane tender. 26 feet long, 8 foot beam, 115hp tunnel stern. Weight approx. 4700 pounds. RCAF RUFF Radiotelephone “Event F”
M.807 1953 – 1965. 25-foot steel Aircraft Crash Boat built in 1950. A Ruff is a European or Asiatic Sandpiper. Russel Brothers are known to have built at least two of these, possibly more. All air force marine craft were given a pendant number that commenced with the letter M and the biggest percentage were small dories, scows, barges, workboats, canoes and similar small vessels. The numbers that have been found go from M-1 to M-1011 inclusive. jproc.ca/rrp/rcaf_marine_fleet.doc |