Russel Brothers Limited OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO Steelcraft Boat Builders
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Particulars of Canadian War Vessels Building & Projected by Naval Service Headquarter's (D. N. C. Dept.) 1943 - 1945: Parksville [CN804].
Pendant #W49; YTL-597. In 1944 she was built for the Royal Canadian Navy. She was employed as a harbour tug at Halifax NS. In 1976 she was sold.
1 -150bhp 2nhp diesel engine (1944).
Name 1 1944 Parksville (H.M.C.S.)
Name 2 1946 Parksville (C.N.A.V.)
Name 3 1970 Parksville (C.F.A.V.)
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Parksville RCN Official Photo HS-0050-112_DHH courtesy nauticapedia.ca.
source:
http://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=Parksville%20(H.M.C.S.)&id=20677&Page=1&input=parksville
Halifax, 1970. Photo courtesy of Mac Mackay.
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From Mac Mackay's excellent TUGFAX blog about Halifax vessels THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013
source: http://tugfaxblogspotcom.blogspot.ca/2013/04/ville-tugs-keep-on-trucking.html
Ville tugs keep on trucking
These little work horses do a variety of jobs in the HMC Dockyard and are quite adequate despite their modest size and horsepower. The original Villes were built 1942-45 and retired when the new Villes were built in 1974.
Parksville ready to be sent out for refit in 1971. The first generation Villes were built inland by Russel Brothers in Owen Sound, ON, and shipped all over Canada by rail.
When retired from Dockyard service the Villes were sold for civilian use or transferred to other duties, such as the 1976 summer Olympics in Montreal and the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour in Kingston, ON. Mannville got a fresh coat of paint before leaving Halifax for the last time.
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For more Russel exhibits visit Owen Sound Marine & Rail Museum 1165 1st Ave West, Owen Sound, ON N4K 4K8
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