RCN Minesweeping Trawlers TR (Castle-class): TR 1 to TR 60
The TR series of Castle class minesweeping naval trawlers were built during the First World War. Ordered by the Royal Navy, they were loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy for seaward defence of the East Coast of Canada. The total number of vessels that entered service is unknown with 60 hulls constructed by eight Canadian shipyards. Based on the British Castle class, some entered service with the United States Navy during the war. Following the end of the First World War, they were sold for commercial use to replace the fishing vessels lost during the war. In the Second World War, many of them were taken over by the Royal Navy as auxiliary minesweepers and two of them returned to the Royal Canadian Navy.
The Castle-class minesweeper was a highly sea worthy naval trawler adapted for patrol, anti-submarine warfare and minesweeping duties and built to UK Admiralty specifications. Altogether 197 were built in the UK between 1916 and 1919, with 60 put in service with the RCN, and others built in India and later New Zealand. Many saw service in the Second World War. They were each armed with a single QF 12-pounder gun. Early in the Second World War, ten Canadian-built trawlers that had been sold into commercial service after the First World War with a number of European countries, were captured by the Germans when they overran France, Belgium and Norway and taken into service with the Kriegsmarine. TR 37, TR 39, TR 51, TR 55, TR 56, TR 58, TR 59 and TR 60 were all loaned to the United States Navy from November 1918 to August 1919.
The TR series of minesweeping naval trawler were copies of the Royal Navy’s Castle class. There were some changes in the Canadian version, including the gun being mounted further forward and a different lighting system. The TR series had a displacement of 275 long tons (279 t) with a length overall of 133 feet 10 inches (40.8 m) and a length between perpendiculars of 125 feet 0 inches (38.1 m), a beam of 23 feet 5 inches (7.1 m) and a draught of 13 feet 5 inches (4.1 m). The vessels were powered by a steam triple expansion engine driving one shaft creating 480 indicated horsepower (358 kW). They had a maximum speed of 10 knots (19 km/h) and were armed with one QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun mounted forward. A design flaw was later identified where the wireless operator was located in a cabin below the bridge and could not communicate easily with the commander of the vessel. This was rectified with the installation of an interphone.
(William Johnston family Photo)
HMCS TR 1. Built at Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, Ontario. TR 1 served in the RCN until after the First World. In 1926 she was sold to New Zealand and was commissioned as HMNZS Wakakura T-00 and served with the RNZN until after the Second World War. After the war she was sold to Tasman Steamship Co and converted to a refrigerated cargo vessel in 1947. She was broken up in 1953.
(Douglas Jones Photo)
HMNZS Wakakura (T00). She was originally a First World War Castle-class naval trawler built in Canada. Ordered by the Admiralty, the vessel, named TR 1, was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy for use on the East Coast of Canada. She was purchased by New Zealand in 1926 and transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy when it was established in 1941. She displaced 530 tons standard, could manage 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) and was equipped with a 4-inch (102 mm) gun during the Second World War. Wakakura is a Māori word which means “precious canoe” or “training boat”. (Wikipedia)
HMCS TR 2. Built at Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, Ontario. TR 2 was sold to Mexico in 1920 as Cobarribas.
HMCS TR 3. Built at Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, Ontario. TR 3 was sold to Mexico in 1920 as Guaymas.
HMCS TR 4. Built at Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, Ontario. Her specifications were: Displacement: 275 tons, Length: 125 ft, Beam: 23.5 ft, Draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12pdr. In 1926 the gun platform was removed and a fish hold was made forward of the main bunkers and she was sold to the Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Company and renamed Cartagena. In Dec 1927 she was sold on to the Brazilian Ministry of Marine. She left Fleetwood for Rio de Janeiro on 14 Jan 1928 and encountered heavy weather the following day. A drum of oil and an unused life boat from the ship were found in Llandudno the following day. All 12 of the crew were lost. The SS Cartagena lies in approximately 35m of water 6 miles off the N.E. coast of Anglsey.
HMCS TR 5. Built at Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, Ontario. TR 5 was sold to the Brazilian Navy in 1919 and renamed Commandante Lorette.
HMCS TR 6. Built at Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, Ontario. TR 6 was completed on 27 May 1918. Her specifications were: Displacement: 275 tons, Length: 125 ft, Beam: 23.5 ft, Draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12pdr. TR 6 was sold to Mexico as Mazatlan in 1920. Used as a patrol boat, she was stricken from Mexican navy records in 1949.
HMCS TR 7. Built at Collingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ontario. TR 7 was sold in 1920 to Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co. Ltd., Inverness for lay up and possible re-classification as a steam trawler. In 1921 she was transferred to Inverness as the expense of the Admiralty. In August 1926 she was sold to Boston Deep sea Fishing and Ice Co. Ltd., Inverness. Re-sold to the Brazilian Gov’t in 1927 and later renamed Santander, her Fleetwood registry was closed on 04 Oct 1928.
(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3332779)
HMCS TR 8, Halifax, Nova Scotia ca 1917. Built at Collingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ontario. She was accepted by the RCN on 26 Jun 1918. Here specifications were: Displacement: 275 tons, Length: 125 ft, Beam: 23.5 ft, Draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12pdr. Paid off on 15 Feb 1919, she was later sold in 1920 and became the trawler Bonthorpe. Acquired by the RAN in 1940, she was commissioned as HMAS Bonthorpe on 05 Feb 1940. Paid off on 17 Feb 1945, she was sold in 1948. In 1959 she was wrecked at Cairns Inlet, Queensland, Australia.
(Naval Museum of Alberta Photo)
HMCS TR 9. Built at the Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., TR 9 was completed on 16 May 1918. Specifications: Displacement: 275 tons, Length: 125 ft, Beam: 23.5 ft, Draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12 pdr. Paid off on 15 Feb 1919, she was sold in 1920 and renamed Somersby.
HMCS TR 10. Built at Collingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ontario. In 1920 she was sold to Mexico for use as a patrol boat and renamed Vera Cruz. She was stricken from Mexican navy records in 1959.
(RCN Photo)
HMCS TR 11. Built at Collingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ontario. TR 11 was paid off in Aug 1919. Sold to the Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Co., Ltd, Grimsby in Aug 1926, she was renamed San Sebastian FD 126 on 17 Sep 1926. She ran aground on 10 Jan 1937 off Ardberg, Islay with the loss of 4 crew. She was declared a total loss.
HMCS TR 12. Built at Collingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ontario. TR 12 was sold in 1920 to Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co. Ltd., Inverness for lay up and possible re-classification as a steam trawler. In 1921 she was transferred to Inverness as the expense of the Admiralty.
HMCS TR 13. Built at Thor Iron Works, Toronto, Ontario. TR 14 was sold in 1920 to Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co. Ltd., Inverness for lay up and possible re-classification as a steam trawler. In 1921 she was transferred to Inverness as the expense of the Admiralty. She was re-sold for commercial use in Aug 1926. On 03 Dec 1931 she was homeward bound with a hold full of herring from NW coast of Ireland with Skpr J. James and 11 crew on board. She approached the Isle of Man in severe weather conditions with driving rain and heavy seas. At slow ahead she ran ashore at 6.00 a.m. on sand at Jurby Head, Isle of Man. The crew were rescued; the vessel was declared a total loss.
HMCS TR 14 (Castle class). Built at Thor Iron Works, Toronto, Ontario. TR 14 was sold in 1920 to Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co. Ltd., Inverness for lay up and possible re-classification as a steam trawler. In 1921 she was transferred to Inverness as the expense of the Admiralty. She was re-sold for commercial use in Aug 1926. On 03 Dec 1931 she was homeward bound with a hold full of herring from NW coast of Ireland with Skpr J. James and 11 crew on board. She approached the Isle of Man in severe weather conditions with driving rain and heavy seas. At slow ahead she ran ashore at 6.00 a.m. on sand at Jurby Head, Isle of Man. The crew were rescued; the vessel was declared a total loss.
HMCS TR 15. Built at Polson Iron Works, Toronto, Ontario. Paid off after the war, she was sold in 1920 and renamed Jacqueline. In 1940 she was captured by the Germans as Ostend and commissioned in the Kreigsmarine in 1941 as M-3630. On 06 Sep 1943, M-3630 was sunk by Allied aircraft at Bayonne. She was raised and repaired and re-commissioned as M-3830. She surrendered in Jun 1945 and was later sold.
HMCS TR 16. Built at Polson Iron Works, Toronto, Ontario. TR 16 was sold to Mexico in 1920 and renamed Salinas, later named Acapulco. She was used a a patrol boat until stricken for the Mexican navy records in 1959.
HMCS TR 17. Built at Polson Iron Works, Toronto, Ontario. After the war, TR 17 was returned to the RN. In 1920 she was sold and renamed Jeanne.
HMCS TR 18. Built at Polson Iron Works, Toronto, Ontario. Sshe was paid off on 31 Jan 1919. Sold 1926, she was registered at Ostend, Belgium as Marie Louise O98. On 24 Sep 1940 she was requisitioned for wartime service as a boom defence vessel Z238. In Jan 1946 she was returned to her owner and later sold in Sep 1946 to Norway.
HMCS TR 19. Built at Kingston Shipbuilding, Kingston, Ontario. she was paid off on 07 Jan 1919. She was sold in 1920 and renamed Almeria 1920; then Goolgwai 1926. Acquired by the RAN in 1939, she was commissioned as HMAS Goolgwai. Paid off in 1945, she was returned to her pre-wartime owners. On 29 May 1955 she was approaching Sydney in heavy seas with 400 boxes onboard ran into thick fog and stranded on rocks at Boora Point, 10 miles south of Sydney Head, NSW. On 06 Jun 1955 the ship broke up and washed westward. All crew rescued but ship’s dog drowned.
HMCS TR 20. Built at Kingston Shipbuilding, Kingston, Ontario. Completed on 10 Nov 1917, she was paid off after the war and sold for commercial use. Sold in 1920, she was renamed Seville, then in 1926, Durraween. Acquired by the RAN in 1940, she was commissioned as HMAS DURRAWEEN on 29 Jul 1940. Paid off on 10 Nov 1945, she was returned to her pre-wartime owners. She was broken up at Blackwater Bay, Sydney, NSW in 1952.
HMCS TR 21. Built at Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec. She was completed on 31 May 1918. Her specifications were: Displacement: 275 tons, Length: 125 ft, Beam: 23.5 ft, Draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12pdr. She was sold in 1921 and renamed Sacip.
(Karen Robertson family Photo)
HMCS TR 22. Built at Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec. She was completed on 31 May 1918. Her specifications were: Displacement: 275 tons, Length: 125 ft, Beam: 23.5 ft, Draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12pdr. She was sold in 1920 and renamed Marie Evelynne.
HMCS TR 23. Built at Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec. Completed on 1 Aug 1918, she was paid of on 01 Jan 1919. Sold in 1926, she was renamed Fontenay. Re-sold in Oct 1926 she was renamed Marie Roselyne. She was sold for scrap in 1937.
HMCS TR 24. Built at Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec. TR 24 was completed on 27 May 1918. Her specifications were: Displacement: 275 tons, Length: 125 ft, Beam: 23.5 ft, Draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12pdr. Sold in 1920, she was renamed Gosse. She appeared in French registers as AD.278 in the Second World War.
HMCS TR 25. Built at Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec. Completed on 01 Jun 1918, she was paid off in 1919. She specifications were: Displacement: 275 tons, Length: 125 ft, Beam: 23.5 feet, draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12pdr. Sold in 1920, she was renamed Yvonne Claude.
HMCS TR 26. Built at Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec. She was completed on 22 May 1918. Her specification on completion were: Displacement: 275 tons, Length: 125 ft, Beam: 23.5 ft, Draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12pdr. TR 26 was sold in 1920.
HMCS TR 27. Built at Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec. She was completed on 22 May 1918. Her specification on completion were: Displacement: 275 tons, Length: 125 ft, Beam: 23.5 ft, Draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12pdr. TR 27 was sold to the French Navy in 1920 and renamed GALOPIN. She was captured by the Germans in 1940 and commissioned in the Kreigsmarine as M-4403 in Nov 1940. On 23 Aug 1944 she was scuttled off the coast of France.
HMCS TR 28. Built at Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec. She was completed on 30 May 1918. Her specifications were: Displacement: 275 tons, Length: 125 ft, Beam: 23.5 ft, Draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12pdr. TR 28 was sold to the Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co. Ltd., Grimsby in 1926 and renamed Wellvale FD140. She was laid up in 1932 and later sold to the Boston Deep sea Fishing & Ice Co., Fleetwood. On 16 Sep 1939 she went missing – believed lost off the Hebrides by U-boat action, but not recorded (U-35 was in the area); Her skipper, F.W. Slapp and twelve crew were lost.
HMCS TR 29. Built at Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec. She was completed on 30 May 1918. Her specifications were: Displacement: 275 tons, Length: 125 ft, Beam: 23.5 ft, Draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12pdr. TR 29 was sold and renamed Fernando de C. in 1920.
HMCS TR 30. Built at Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec. She was completed on 28 May 1918. Her specifications were: Displacement: 275 tons, Length: 125 ft, Beam 23.5 ft, Draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12pdr. TR 30 was sold and renamed Blanca de C. 1920 and then Teruca in 1963. She was broken up in 1987.
HMCS TR 31. Built at Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec. TR 31 was delivered to the RCN on 20 May 1918. She specifications were: Displacement: 275 tons, Length: 125 ft, Beam: 23.5 ft, Draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12 pdr. TR 31 was paid off on 10 Jan 1919. She was sold in 1920 and renamed Jose Ignacio de C.
HMCS TR 32. Built at Government Shipyards, Sorel, Quebec. TR 32 was completed on 16 May 1918. Her specifications were: Displacement: 275 tons, Length: 125 ft, Beam: 23.5 ft, Draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12 pdr. From 21 April to 2 May 1918, TR 32 was trapped in pack ice of Glace Bay suffering damaged that caused it’s hold to flood to two feet. Paid off in 1919, she was sold in 1926 to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co. Ltd., Grimsby being renamed Authorpe FD91 on 14 Jul 1926. She was sold in 1938 to Enterprise Jean Negri & Fils, Marseilles, France, and then the same year, re-sold to Marseille Maritime, Marseilles, France. She was Panama registered and charted by the Spanish government in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. On 0 6 Jan 1939 she was sunk by Nationalish aircraft. Salvaged and repaired later that year, she was renamed Castillo A. on 12 Oct 1939. On 16 Apr 1942 she was commissioned in the Spanish Navy as a tug; renamed RR18. On 0 6 Jun 1944 she was reclassified as a Patrol Escort Trawler and renamed Alhucemas. She was stricken from Spanish Navy records in 1954.
HMCS TR 33. Built at Government Shipyards, Sorel, Quebec. Completed in Jun 1918, she was paid off in 1919. In 1927 she was sold and renamed Windroos; later being renamed Freddy. The Freddy was sunk by German aircraft at Ostend on 21 May 1940. She was later salvaged and commissioned in the Kreigsmarine as M-3230 in May, 1942. She was sunk by a mine at den Hoofden on 0 9 Oct 1944.
HMCS TR 34. Built at Government Shipyards, Sorel, Quebec. TR 34 was delivered to the RCN on 28 Jul 1918. Paid off on 14 Jan 1919, she was sold the same year and renamed Valentia. She was renamed Etoile du Nord in 1928. Etoile de Nord was sunk by a mine in 1940 off Dunkirk with a loss of 27 of her crew of 30.
(RCN Photo)
HMCS TR-35 (left) ready for launching, TR-36 on the right, Lauzon, Quebec, 1918.
HMCS TR 35. Built at Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec. She was completed on 05 Jun 1917. Her specifications were: Displacement: 275 tons, Length: 125 ft, Beam: 23.5 ft, Draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12pdr. TR 35 was sold to Mexico in 1920 and renamed Tampico. She was re-classed as a patrol boat and remained in service until stricken from the Mexican navy records in 1949.
HMCS TR 36. Built at Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec. She was completed on 05 Jun 1918. Displacement: 275 tons, Length: 125 ft, Beam: 23.5 ft, Draught: 13.5 ft, Speed: 10 kts, Armament: 1-12pdr. Paid off on 07 Jan 1919, she was sold in Aug 1926 to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co. Ltd., Fleetwood and renamed Ferrol FD124. On 08 Dec 1931, while on a trip to Butt of Lewis grounds, at about 0600 with strong southerly wind and sea, she was stranded at Crianan Head, 3 miles west of Tuipan Head Lighthouse, Eye Peninsular, Isle of Lewis. She was declared a total loss, but all crew of twelve safe. Only the wheelhouse and funnel remained above water.
HMCS TR 37. Built at Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, Ontario. TR 37 was delivered to the RCN on 01 Nov 1918. Paid off on 19 Jan 1919 she was transferred to the USN on the same day. In Aug 1919 she was returned to the RCN. In 1925 she was sold to private use and renamed Their Merit. She was acquired by the RN in Aug 1939 and commissioned as Their Merit FY 522. Paid off in Nov 1945, she was returned to her previous owners. She was sold on 02 May 1956 and renamed Victor M52, and again on 22 Aug 1959 to Belgium interests.
HMCS TR 38. Built at Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, Ontario. Completed on 20 August 1918. She was sold in 1920 and renamed Alcatraz.
HMCS TR 39. Built at Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, Ontario. TR 39 was completed on 01 Oct 1918 and paid off in 1919. She was then transferred to the USN as CT39. She was returned to the RCN in Aug 1919. In 1930, she was transferred to the Indian Navy and commissioned as HMIS CHANDBALI, an Auxiliary Patrol Trawler. She was reported to be broken up in 1990.
(Didier Voluzan Photo)
HMCS TR 40. Built at Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, Ontario. TR 40 was delivered to the RCN on 06 Oct 1918 and paid off in 1919. She was transferred to the USN for a short period and returned to the RCN in Aug 1919. She was later sold to the French navy and commissioned in 1921 as the minesweeper Marie Yette. On 07 Mar 1940 she sank after a collision on the Gironde River with the French merchantman Spramex.
HMCS TR 41. Built at Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, Ontario. TR 41 was delivered to the RCN on 05 May 1919 and paid off soon thereafter. In 1920 she was sold to France and renamed Marie Simone. In 1940 she was captured by German forces and commissioned in the Kreigsmarine as HS8, then in 1942, renamed V729. V729 was sunk by the British light cruiser HMS Mauritius off Audierne on 23 Aug 1944.
HMCS TR 42. Built at Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, Ontario. Completed on 05 May 1919, TR 42 has a very short career with the RCN. In 1920 she was transferred to the French navy and renamed Marie Gilberte. On 21 Jun 1940, the Marie Gilberte rescued the survivors of the British tanker Yarraville which was sunk by U-43.
(Didier Voluzan Photo)
HMCS TR 43. Built at Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, Ontario. TR 43 was completed on 12 May 1919 and paid off the same year. She was transferred to the French navy in 1920 and renamed Marie Anne. In 1940 she was captured by German forces and commissioned in the Kreigsmarine in Nov 1940 as M-4405. On 07 Mar 1944, M-4405 was sunk by Allied aircraft.
HMCS TR 44. Built at Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur, Ontario. Completed on 12 May 1919, TR 43 was paid off the same year. Sold in 1920, she was renamed Florencia. Florencia was lost on the coast of Newfoundland in Apr 1929.
(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4374224)
HMCS TR 45. Built at Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec. Completed on 12 May 1919, she was paid off and sold the same year to the Gulf of St. Lawrence Shipping and Trading Co., Montreal. In 1920 she was sold to the Clark Steamship Co. and renamed Labrador. In 1930 she was acquired the the Canadian Government and renamed CGS Mardep; renamed CGS Bernier in 1935. In 1960 she was sold to Valier Bouchard, Cacouna, Que. She was wrecked in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off Labrador in 1965.
HMCS TR 46. Built at Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec. TR 46 was completed on 12 May 1919 and paid off the same year. She was sold in 1926 and renamed Algoa Bay. In Sep 1939 the South African government commandeered a large portion of the Irvin and Johnson’s fishing fleet. Algoa Bay was requisitioned in Oct 1939 and commissioned as the minesweeper HMSAS Algoa Bay. She was paid off in Dec 1940.
HMCS TR 47. Built at Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec. TR 47 was completed on 12 May 1919 and paid off later that year. Sold in 1919 she was renamed Heron.
HMCS TR 48. Built at Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec. TR 48 was completed on 12 May 1919 and paid off soon thereafter. Sold in 1919, she had several names over the years – Dragon Vert (1919), then Miquelon and Korab IV. Korab IV was captured by German troops at La Rochelle in 1940. She was commissioned in the Kreigsmarine as M4407 in Feb 1940. M4407 surrendered in June, 1945. She was later sold.
HMCS TR 49. Built at Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec.TR 49 was completed on 12 May 1919 and paid off soon thereafter. She was sold in 1919 and renamed Joselle. Joselle was captured by German forces in 1940 and she was commissioned in the Kreigsmarine in Oct 1940 as M-4202. She was scuttled by her own crew off the coast of France in September 1944.
HMCS TR 50. Built at Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec. TR 50 was completed on 12 May 1919 and paid off soon thereafter. She was sold in 1920 and renamed Colonel Rockwell.
HMCS TR 51. Built at Government Shipyards, Sorel, Quebec. TR 51 was completed in 1918 and paid off in 1919. She was transferred to the USN in 1919 for a brief period and renamed CT51. Returned to the RCN in Aug 1919, she was sold the same year and renamed Marie Caroline.
HMCS TR 52. Built at Government Shipyards, Sorel, Quebec. TR 52 was completed in 1918 and paid off in 1919. Transferred briefly to the USN in 1919 as CT52, she was returned to the RCN in Aug 1919. Sold the same year, she was renamed Marie-Mad. Acquired by the French Navy, she was commissioned as MARIE-MAD AD148 in 1939. On 23 Nov 1943, the “CHASSEUR 3” was trying to raise Marie-Mad by radio. Between 1900 and 2000, the crew of “le CHASSEUR 3” heard a loud explosion. The MARIE-MAD hit a mine and sank with her crew of 24, including the commandant, le Premier maître Le Goff, bewtween Sette-Nav and Porticcio.
HMCS TR 53. Built at Government Shipyards, Sorel, Quebec. TR 53 was completed in Nov 1918 and paid of in 1919. In 1920 she was sold to the French navy and commissioned as the minesweeper Marie Therese. In 1940 she was captured by German forces in France and commissioned in the Kreigsmarine in Dec 1940 as M-4204. M-4204 was sunk by Allied aircraft off La Pallice on 12 Aug 1944.
HMCS TR 54. Built at Kingston Shipbuilding, Kingston, Ontario. TR 54 was completed in Sep 1918 and paid off in 1919. She was sold in 1925 and renamed Table Bay. In 1937 she was renamed Mary Mortimer.
HMCS TR 55. Built at Kingston Shipbuilding, Kingston, Ontario. TR 55 was completed on 08 Nov 1918 and paid off in 1919. Briefly transferred to the USN as CT55, she was returned in Aug 1919. She was sold to Pecheries & Arm, La Rochelle-Ocean, La Rochelle, Fr. in 1920 and renamed Marie Jacqueline. In Apr 1935 she was sold to Arne Flekstad & O. Aarseth, Oslo, Norway. In Sep 1935 she was sold to A/S Troms Havfiskeselskap (O. Aarseth), Tromso, Norway and renamed Svalbard 2. In Apr 1936 she was purchased by A/S Tramoso Bunkerdepot (Odd Berg), Tromso, Norway. In Aug 1938 she was sold to A.S Norland Havfiske (Erling Sannes). In Sep 1939 she was requisitioned by the Norwegian Navy and commissioned as HNoMS Scorpion. On 27 Jun 1940 she was captured by German forces in Norway and on 08 Aug 1940 commissioned in the Kreigsmarine as NN02 Scorpion. NN02 surrendered in Jun 1945 and was returned to her previous owners in 1946 and renamed Svalbard 2 once again. In Jan 1956 she was sold to A/S Transfport, Stavanger and renamed Baxel. She was sold in 1960 to Brodrene Hafthammer & A/S Transport, Stavanger and in May 1961 to Overtatt Av Hans Hufthammer P/R, Stavanger. In Jun 1966 she was condemned and sold for scrap.
HMCS TR 56. Built at Kingston Shipbuilding, Kingston, Ontario. TR 56 was completed in Nov 1918 and paid off in1919. Transferred briefly to the USN as CT56, she was returned to the RCN in Aug 1919. In 1921 she was sold and renamed Romanita. TR 56 was acquired in 1921 by South Puerto Rico Sugar Company (or an outfit related to said company), renamed Romanita, and used to carry sugar cane from fields in the Dominican Republic to their mill in Central Guanica in the south of Puerto Rico. (The Central Guanica Sugar Mill ceased operation in 1982.) On the return trips to the Dominican Republic, Romanita carried Puerto Ricans migrating to Dominican Republic where South Puerto Rico Sugar Company was building another sugar mill named Central Romana. The Central Romana Sugar Mill is still in operation (as of 2018).
HMCS TR 57. Built at Kingston Shipbuilding, Kingston, Ontario. TR 57 was sold in 1920 and renamed Colonel Roosevelt and then renamed Texas in 1926. In 1941, she was acquired by the RN and commissioned as HMT Texas. She was lost in a collision off Jamaica in 1944.
HMCS TR 58. Built at Tidewater Shipbuilding, Trois-Rivières, Quebec. TR58 was completed in Nov 1918 and paid off in 1919. Briefly transferred to the USN in 1919 as CT58, she was returned to the RCN in August 1919. Later sold she was wrecked in the Sound of Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland in 1920.
HMCS TR 59. Built at Tidewater Shipbuilding, Trois-Rivières, Quebec. TR 59 was completed in Nov 1919 and paid off in 1919. Transferred briefly to the USN as CT59 in 1919, she was returned to the RCN in Aug 1919. Sold in 1920, she was renamed Gironde I. Gironde I was captured in France by German forces in 1940. She was commissioned in the Kreigsmarine as FB-07 in Jul 1942. She was later renamed/re-designated V-1517 and M-3854. M-3854 surrendered in May 1945. She was sold after the war.
HMCS TR 60. Built at Tidewater Shipbuilding, Trois-Rivières, Quebec. TR 60 was complete in Nov 1918 and paid off in 1919. Temporarily transferred to the USN as CT60, she was returned in Aug 1919. Sold later in 1919 she was renamed David Haigh. Acquired by the South African Navy, she was commissioned as HMSAS DAVID HAIGH in 1939 and served until 1944. In 1947 she was purchased by Irvin and Johnson as part of the expansion of their South African fishing fleet.