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Name: ACADIA
Type: Research Ship
Launched: 08/05/1913
Completed: 06/1913
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 912
Dimensions: 846grt, 439nrt, 1350disp, 170.0 x 33.7 x 19.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 27ins), 177nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 133535
History:
18/06/1913 Government of Canada; registered at Newcastle
1913 Registered at Ottawa
28/11/1969 Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth
09/02/1982 Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax
No later history known
Comments: Served the Canadian Hydrographic Service and Coast Guard
Served in the Royal Canadian Navy in WW1 & WW2
Wartime armament: 1 x 4ins & 1 x 12pdr guns
1969: Museum ship at Dartmouth and then Halifax, Nova Scotia


Above photo is copyright of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

Above photo is copyright of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

Above photo is copyright of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

Profile & Decks plan is copyright of Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, courtesy of David Benedet. Click HERE to enlarge

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Jarrow Express, Friday, 16/05/1913