RCN Training Vessels: HMCS Skidegate, HMCS Venture

RCN Training Vessels HMCS Skidegate (DND Photo) HMCS Skidegate.  Built in 1927, she was owned by Packers Steamship Co., Ltd., Vancouver BC, from 1927 to 1931.  Later owned by J. Dutton of Vancouver then J.J. Cross Marine Supplies.  Named Ochecac, she was purchased in 1938 and commissioned on 25 Jul 1938, for training purposes in … Read more