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W32 / YTS 590. Particulars of Canadian War Vessels Building & Projected by Naval Service Headquarters (D. N. C. Dept.) 1943 - 1945: Otterville [CN805]. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Otterville [C.326084] registered at Halifax. Built at Owen Sound in 1944. 37'; 11 g.t. In 1959, Otterville was listed in St. John's, Newfoundland for harbour fire service. She was sold to Canadian national Railways, owner of the St. John's Dockyard, in 1964.
Registry #326084. 1 – 150bhp Cummins diesel engine (1944).
Repower 1 - 125bhp, 2nhp diesel engine by Cummins Engine Co., Columbus, Il (1966).
In 1944 she was built for the Royal Canadian Navy. She was employed as a harbour tug at Saint John NB. In 1964 she was sold to J.P. Porter Co. Ltd. Montreal, QC. In 1976 she was sold to USA interests. Registry closed Date 1976-08-27.
Name 1 1944 Otterville (H.M.C.S.)
Name 2 1946 Otterville (C.N.A.V.)
Name 3 1964 Otterville
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RCN Official Photo DB-0727-5_DHH photo of Otterville, W32. Photo courtesy nauticapedia.ca.
There is a discrepancy in the W number assignation. Nauticapedia lists W32 as being from Hartville, not Otterville, as my sources suggest. Their source is Archives Canada, which I cannot access.
source:
https://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=Straits&id=42969
Mac Mackay notes: Ville Class tug. Photographed May 1970 near Burton Bridge along St. John River, opposite Gagetown NB. Mac Mackay notes: "May be Otterville, which J. P. Porter aquired around then."
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