| 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