PV II

 

Patrol Vessel & Minesweeping Trawler

 


 

PV II

Source: The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910-1981 by Ken Macpherson & John Burgess

 

Built: 1912

Acquired by the RCN: Mar 1917

Paid off: 15 Apr 1919

Fate: Returned to former owners and former name.

 

Former Amagansett, she was one of seven New England-built menhaden trawlers that made up a patrol and minesweeping flotilla based at Sydney, N.S. Purchased in the U.S., they served in the RCN between Mar 1917 and Apr, 1919, subsequently reverting to their former names and occupation. Each was armed with a 12-pounder gun.

 


 

Photos and Documents

 


 

Commanding Officers

 

Ch/Skpr Wallace James NAAS, RCN - 18 Jul 1917 - unk

 

Skpr (Temp) George Wilfred Miller, RCN - 1918 - 15 Apr 1919

 


 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

Balcolm, William James

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Drafted to PV II on 06 May 1918 as Skpr, RCN

Huggins, Harry

1887-1937

Drafted to PV II on 18 Jul 1917 as Mate, RNCVR

Kelly, John Emmett

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Drafted to PV II on 31 May 1917 and 01 May 1918 as W. Op 1st Cl, RNCVR

Landry, Ernest

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Drafted to PV II on 26 Jun 1918 as Mate, RNCVR

Miller, George Wilfred

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Commanding Officer

1918

Naas, Wallace James

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 Commanding Officer

18 Jul 1917

Reed, Reginald William John

1883 - 1953

Served in PV II 1917-1918

Rouleau, Phillipe

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Drafted to PV II on 01 May 1918 as Art (E), RCN

 

 

 


 

Photos and Documents

 

PV II

From the collection of William Reed

Courtesy of William Page

Reginald William John Reed on PV II

From the collection of William Reed

Courtesy of William Page

 


 

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