HMCS KIRKWOOD Z53

 

Target Towing Vessel

 

 

Kirkwood II, Port Stanley, ON, 02 Oct 1948

Source: Bowling Green State University - Great Lakes Vessels Online Index

 

Commissioned: 1944

Paid off: 1946

Fate: Sold 1947. Registry closed 1969. Assumed scrapped.

 

Built by Palmer and William, PEI in 1944. Stationed out of Bermuda, she was used by the RCN from 1944 till 1946 as an A/S target towing vessel. Sold in 1947, she was re-named Kirkwood II. Owners: Minster of Lands & Forests 1947-1953; Arthur W.R. Hill 1953-1960; Rentronic Corp Ltd, et al. 1960-1963; City Wide Property Management Ltd., Rentronic Corp. Ltd 1963-1968. Her registry was closed in 1969 - assumed scrapped.

 

 

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