HMCS Festubert
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HMCS Festubert was one of twelve Battle-class naval trawlers constructed for and used by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the First World War. Following the war, Festubert remained in Canadian service as a training ship until 1934. Reactivated for the Second World War, the ship was used as a gate vessel in the defence of Halifax, Nova Scotia and re-designated Gate Vessel 17. Following the war, the trawler was sold for commercial use and renamed Inverleigh. Inverleigh was scuttled off Burgeo, Newfoundland on 30 June 1971.
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Name | Festubert |
Namesake | Battle of Festubert |
Builder | Polson Iron Works, Toronto |
Launched | 2 August 1917 |
Commissioned | 13 November 1917 |
Recommissioned | 1 May 1923 |
Decommissioned | 1934 |
Recommissioned | 1939 |
Decommissioned | 17 April 1945 |
Fate | Sold 1946, scuttled 30 June 1971 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Battle-class naval trawler |
Displacement | 320 long tons (330 t) |
Length | 130 ft (40 m) |
Beam | 23 ft 5 in (7.14 m) |
Draught | 13 ft 5 in (4.09 m) |
Propulsion | 1 x triple expansion, 480 ihp (360 kW) |
Speed | 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
Armament | 1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun |
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