RCN Minesweepers (PV type trawlers): HMCS P.V. I to P.V VII; CD-class Naval Drifters: C.D. 1 to C.D. 100

P.V. type minesweeping trawlers.  Seven served as RCN minesweepers.  These ships were built before the First World War in the USA.  Initially constructed and used as fishing trawlers they were taken into service with the RCN during the First World War for patrol duty along the Atlantic coast.  They were each armed with a single … Read more