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HMCS CAPE BRETON 100
Escort Maintenance Ship
A modified Fort type cargo ship, HMS FLAMBOROUGH HEAD was built by Durrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd. Launched at Vancouver in 1944, she served in the RN until paid off in 1952. FLAMBOROUGH HEAD was acquired from the RN in 1952, and renamed CAPE BRETON upon commissioning on 31 Jan 1953. She served at Halifax until 25 Aug 1958, as a repair ship and training establishment for technical apprentices. Converted to escort maintenance ship at Esquimalt, she was commissioned there on 16 Nov 1959, for service on the west coast. On 10 Feb 1964, CAPE BRETON was paid off into reserve, but since 1972 she has functioned as a towed mobile support facility and accommodation vessel at Esquimalt, designated Fleet Maintenance Group (Pacific). Finally removed from service, she was sold and sunk as an artificial reef on 20 Oct 2001 near Nanaimo, BC.
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(CBN001) HMCS CAPE BRETON 100 - mid-1950s // Courtesy of Hugh Muir (CBN002) HMCS CAPE BRETON 100 - undated (CBN003) Newspaper article on HMCS CAPE BRETON's basketball victory - The Halifax Mail-Star 22 Nov 1956 (CBN004) HMCS CAPE BRETON Naval Engineering Apprentice program - Entry 4 - 1956 (with names) // Front: Woodcock, Stenson, Zoschke, Pippet, CPO Grant, McRitchie, Elwgren, Sanom, Barnes // Rear: Hansen, Christie, Howe, Thomson, Catchpole, Cooper, Mitchell, Armstrong // Click here to see Entry 4 course members at their 50th Reunion
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Former HMCS CAPE BRETON 100 being sunk as an artificial reef on 20 Oct 2001
Source: CoastalBC.com
Article on the sinking of the CAPE BRETON as an artificial reef. Source: Facebook post by Earl Broome Click on the above article to view a larger image
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