RCN Minesweeper: (YMS-1 Class): HMCS Cordova (MCA 158), and Minesweeping Auxiliary Ships: HMCS Anticosti (MSA 110) (II); HMCS Moresby (MSA 112) (III)

YMS-1-class minesweeper

HMCS Cordova (MCA 158)

(RCN Photo)

HMCS Cordova (MCB 158).  One of hundreds of motor minesweepers built for the USN during the Second World War, HMCS Cordova was launched as YMS.420 in 1944 at Chicago.  She was purchased by the RCN on 3 Dec 1951, and commissioned as HMCS Cordova from 9 Aug 1952 to 12 Apr 1957, serving primarily as tender to HMCS Discovery.  She was sold in 1970 to Harbour Ferries, Ltd. of Vancouver, British Columbia, and renamed Harbour Queen No. 1, and later renamed Nakaya in 1980.  She was sunk in 1992 as a diving wreck at Porteau Cove Provincial Park, located 40 miles north of Vancouver.

(RCN Photo)

HMCS Cordova (MCB 158).

(RCN Photo)

HMCS Cordova (MCB 158).

Mine sweeping auxiliary ships

HMCS Anticosti (MSA 110) (II); HMCS Moresby (MSA 112) (III)

(Alcide55 Photo)

HMCS Anticosti (MSA 110) (II), was an Anticosti-class minesweeper that served in the Canadian Forces from 1989 to 2000. Originally an oil rig support vessel, she was purchased in 1989 and saw service until the entry of the newer Kingston-class coastal defence vessels.  The ship was named for Anticosti Island, the second to bear the name.  Following her Canadian naval career, HMCS Anticosti was sold to commercial interests.

(ReadyAyeReady Photo)

HMCS Moresby (MSA 112) (III).  HMCS Moresby (MSA 111) was an Anticosti class minesweeper that served in the Canadian Forces from 1989-2000.  Formery Joyce Tide, commercial oil-rig supply vessel.  After the Kingston-class was commissioned, Moresby was identified as surplus and decommissioned in 2000.

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