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Q061
Fairmile
Motor
Launch
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Fairmile ML Q061
Source: Flickr photo collection of Don
Gorham
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Laid down: 05
Apr 1941
Launched: 24
Jul 1941
Delivered to the RCN: 11
Nov 1941
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Removed
from service: 07 May 1946
Fate:
Sold in 1945, her final disposition is unknown.
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Built by Hunter Boats, Orillia, Ontario, she was
delivered to the RCN on 11 Nov 1941. While she flew the White Ensign, she was not
commissioned into the RCN but instead was listed as a tender to HMCS
SAMBRO, the depot ship for escorts (tenders were not commissioned
vessels). In Jan 1945, Q061 was listed as part of the 72nd ML
Flotilla. Paid off on 19 Jun 1945, she was sold to Creole Petroleum Corp., Venezuela, she was
renamed Esso Concordia.
Commanding Officers
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Lt Thomas Grant Denny,
RCNVR - 20 Oct 1941 - 17 Dec 1941
Lt S.B. Fraser,
RCNVR - 18 Dec 1941 - 21 Dec 1941
Lt J.W. Braidwood,
RCNVR - 22 Dec 1941 - 15 Jan 1942
Lt William Lyle Moore,
RCNVR - 16 Jan 1942 - 17 Apr 1942
Lt Gordon Wallace Leckie,
RCNVR - 18 Apr 1942 - 30 Dec 1942 |
Lt Sherwood Barnet Marshall,
RCNVR - 30 Jan 1943 - 10 Oct 1943
A/Lt E.U. Anderson,
RCNVR - 11 Oct 1943 - 25 Aug 1944
Lt C.A. Balfry,
RCNVR - 26 Aug 1944 - 17 Jan 1945
Lt John Alexander Barrett,
RCNVR - 18 Jan 1945 - 19 Jun 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
Former Crew Members
Davis,
John Arthur, SLt, RCNVR - 01 May 1942
Elliott,
Donald Watson, SLt, RCNVR - 24 Apr 1945
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Q061 passing through the locks on the Trent
canal
From the collection of Wilson Reginald
McMurdo
Courtesy of Scott Wilson McMurdo
This photo is not for reproduction or reposting without permission of Scott McMurdo
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