Russel Brothers Limited OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO Steelcraft Boat Builders
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- Particulars Of Canadian War Vessels Building & Projected by Naval Service Headquarters (D. N. C. Dept.) 1943 - 1945: Mannville [CN840]. Name 1 1944 Mannville (H.M.C.S.) Name 2 1946 Mannville (C.N.A.V.) Name 3 1970 Mannville (C.F.A.V.) 1-150bhp diesel engine (1944). Pendant #W57; 577. Initially she was employed as a tug at Lunenburg, NS; then transferred to Bermuda September 1944. She was in service with the Royal Canadian Navy in 1945. She was sold in 1976. |
Photo courtesy of Mac Mackay.
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Feb. 28, 2008: from David Freeman's book Canadian
Warship Names page 78.
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From Mac Mackay's excellent TUGFAX blog about Halifax vessels THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013
source: http://tugfaxblogspotcom.blogspot.ca/2013/04/ville-tugs-keep-on-trucking.html
Ville tugs keep on trucking
These little work horses do a variety of jobs in the HMC Dockyard and are quite adequate despite their modest size and horsepower. The original Villes were built 1942-45 and retired when the new Villes were built in 1974.
Parksville ready to be sent out for refit in 1971. The first generation Villes were built inland by Russel Brothers in Owen Sound, ON, and shipped all over Canada by rail.
When retired from Dockyard service the Villes were sold for civilian use or transferred to other duties, such as the 1976 summer Olympics in Montreal and the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour in Kingston, ON. Mannville got a fresh coat of paint before leaving Halifax for the last time.
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From "The Crowsnest" Vol. 2 No. 4, Feb. 1950, page 21.
http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/mdn-dnd/D12-19-2-4-eng.pdf
For more Russel exhibits visit Owen Sound Marine & Rail Museum 1165 1st Ave West, Owen Sound, ON N4K 4K8
(519) 371-3333  http://marinerail.com |
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