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CD 74
Auxiliary Patrol Drifter
(Designated HMCS SEAGULL)
CD-74 From the Library and Archives of Canada Courtesy of Bud (Donald) Rose
CD 74 was delivered to the RCN on 17 Oct 1917. She was present in Halifax at the time of the Halifax Explosion on 06 Dec 1917. It is not know if she sustained any damage as a result. She was designated HMCS SEAGULL (patrols depot Sydney) on 12 Aug 1918. Paid off on 31 Jan 1919, her final disposition is unknown.
From "The Seabound Coast" - "the increased number of personnel required for the expanded patrol service led to a reorganization of the service's shore establishments. Whereas all patrol personnel had previously been carried on the books of HMCS STADACONA, commencing on 01 May 1918, the sailors of patrol vessels based at Halifax and Sydney were given their own organizations. At Sydney, the drifter CD 74 was designated HMCS SEAGULL to represent the patrols depot afloat and was placed under the command of the RCN's Lieutenant-Commander J.H. Knight. All other Sydney personnel remained with the port's shore establishment, HMCS LANSDOWNE." (Source: Quote from The Seabound Coast - The Official History of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1867-1939 - by William Johnston, William G.P. Rawling, Richard H. Gimblett, and John MacFarlane)
Commanding Officers
Ch/Skpr John Stevens Tonkin, RCN - 01 Mar 1918 - unk
Capt Walter Hose, RCN - 1918
They shall not be forgotten
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In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
