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 QF 12-pounder gun. Following the war they were returned to their original service.
HMCS P.V. I (PV type), HMCS P.V. II (PV type), HMCS P.V. III (PV type), HMCS P.V. IV (PV type), HMCS P.V. V (PV type), HMCS P.V. VI (PV type), HMCS P.V. VII (PV type).
Original names prior to commissioning in the RCN: P.V. I William B. Murray, P.V. II Amagansett, P.V. III Herbert N. Edwards, P.V. IV Martin J. Marran, P.V. V Rollin E. Mason, P.V. VI Leander Wilcox, and P.V. VII Rowland H. Wilcox.
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HMCS P.V. II (PV type) minesweeping trawler, ca 1916.
HMCS P.V. I – VII were purchased and armed by the RCN to form a flotilla of already built ships capable of being minesweepers. They were based out of Sydney, Nova Scotia, and saw service as Minesweeper Patrol Boats from March, 1917 – April, 1919. In 1919 the class was decommissioned, disarmed, sold, and returned to their former occupation as Menhaden Trawlers.
RCN Minesweepers (PV type trawlers): HMCS P.V. I to P.V VII; CD-class Naval Drifters: C.D. 1 to C.D. 100
CD-class Naval Drifters
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C.D. 27 armed drifter in RCN service, ca 1917.
The CD-class naval drifters were armed wooden-hulled boats constructed in 1917 for the Royal Navy in Canada. 100 were ordered for use in British waters during the First World War numbered from CD 1 to CD 100, of which 42 were transferred to the RCN and 18 were transferred to the USN. In Canadian waters, the drifters patrolled the Maritimes. At the end of the war, the drifters were either sold into mercantile service or scrapped. Some survived in British service and were be used during the Second World War.
C.D. 1 to C.D. 50, built at Davie Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Lauzon, Quebec.
C.D. 51 to C.D. |53, built at Government Shipyards, Sorel, Quebec.
C.D. 54 to C.D. 59, built at Sorel Shipbuilding & Coal Co., Quebec,
C.D. 60 to C.D. 61, and C.D. 68 to C.D. 70, built at H.H. Sheppard & Sons, Sorel, Quebec.
C.D. 62 to C.D. 67, built at LeClaire & Sons, Sorel, Quebec.
C.D. 71 to C.D. 96, built at Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal, Quebec.
C.D. 97 to C.D. 100, built at Harbour Commissioners, Montreal, Quebec.