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Q070
Fairmile
Motor
Launch
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Fairmile ML Q070
Source: Flickr photo collection of Don
Gorham
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Laid down: 01
Feb
1941
Launched: 17
Sep 1941
Delivered to the RCN: 14
Mar 1942
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Paid off: 12 Oct 1945
Fate:
Sold in 1945. In 2016 still in service as private yacht Nobel Lady.
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Built at Star Shipyards
(Mercer's) Ltd., New Westminster, B.C., she was delivered to the RCN
on 19 Mar 1942. 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). She was a "B" Type ML, Displacement: 79 tons,
Length: 112 ft, Beam 17.9 ft, Draught: 4.9 ft, Speed: 20kts,
Complement: 3 officers, 14 men, Armament: 3-20mm.
In Jan 1944, Q070 was listed part of the 75th ML Flotilla.
Sold in 1945 to Marine Manufacturing Ltd., Vancouver, she was
renamed many times as
Coast Ranger, Gulf Ranger, Lachaina Lady, Machigonne,
Noble Lady and Saracen III.
Photos
and Documents
Commanding Officers
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SLt John Oscar Layboune
Lake, RCNR - 13 Mar 1942 - unk
Ch/Skpr George
B. McCandless,
RCNR - 19 Nov 1942 - 28 Nov 1942
Lt David Frederick
G. Fladgate,
RCNVR - 18 Jan 1943 - 22 Oct 1943
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Lt F.G. Mitchell,
RCNVR - 23 Oct 1943 - 21 Nov 1944
Lt R. Muir, RCNVR - 22 Nov 1944 - 08 Aug
1945
Lt J.E.E. Richardson,
RCNVR - 10 Aug 1945 - 18 Mar 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar 
They shall not be
forgotten
Former Crew Members
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Baker,
Russell Kemp, Lt, RCNVR - Jan 1944
Hamilton,
John Frederick, Lt, RCNVR - 16 Jun 1943
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Maitland,
Robert Reid, Lt, RCNVR - 13 Jun 1943
McCandless,
George Bartlett, Ch/Skpr, RCNR - 13 Mar 1942
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Orr,
Thomas Frederick, SLt, RCNVR - 06 Apr 1944
Shaw,
Jack Winfield, Lt, RCNVR - 03 Jul 9143
Winser,
Frank Cotton, SLt, RCNVR - 13 Mar 1942
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Photos and
Documents
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ML Q070 in Esquimalt
Courtesy of John Renforth
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ML Q070
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ML Q070
RCN Photo # E-4414
Courtesy of the Comox RCAF Museum
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