HMCS VERAINE I / HC 135 / HMCS VERAINE
Despatch Boat / Harbour Craft / Admiral's Barge
She was acquired as the VERAINE I by the Royal Canadian Navy as a Despatch Boat for service 1942-45. She was renamed as HC 135. (She is reported to have become the VERAINE). As VERAINE she was a Canadian Naval Launch, Flag Officer's Barge (Admiral's Barge) in service with the Royal Canadian Navy 1952-57. In 1957 she was renamed as Q.M.B. 100 and Q.M.C. 100. In 1979 she was owned by Roy A. Russell, St. John's NF. (Source: Nauticapedia)
Commanding Officers
CLt Syndey William Buxton, RCNVR - 15 Jul 1944 - unk
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