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Name: CARTIER also CGS CARTIER
Type Research Vessel
Launched: 13/01/1910
Completed: 03/1910
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 826
Dimensions: 556grt, 234nrt, 164.0 x 29.2 x 13.1ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (11.5, 18 & 31 x 24ins), 142nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 11.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 129745
History:
22/03/1910 Government of Canada, Ottawa
09/12/1941 Renamed CHARNY
1945 Reverted to CARTIER
1948 WN Macdonald, Ottawa
1956 Renamed CHARNY
1957 Scuttled
Comments: 1914 to 1918: Used as an armed patrol vessel attached to the RCN
Armed with 3 x 12pdr guns
18/09/1939: Commissioned as HMCS CARTIER
09/12/1941: Renamed HMCS CHARNY
1945: Returned to Government, but surplus to requirements
1957: Scuttled off Sydney, Nova Scotia


Above photo as CARTIER is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as CARTIER is copyright of the Government of Canada

Above photo as CARTIER is courtesy of Photoship

Lloyd's List, Friday, 14/01/1910