MESSINES
Official Number: 140924, Mills List #3663
Original Building Information
130 x 24 x 14, minesweeper. 320 gross tons
Built By: [ POLSON IRON WORKS, LTD. TORONTO ] Built At: [ TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA ] and launched 16/06/1917.
Vessel Description
Minesweeper, launched June 16, 1917; later Lightship No. 3.
Engine 18 - 38 x 24 by builder.
Date Built: [ 1917 ] Length: [ 94.00 ] Beam: [ 12.00 ] Gross: [ 59.82 ] Net: [ 37.54 ]
Owned by Dominion Government, Canadian Naval Service.
Closing Information
Scrapped in 1962.
ST. ELOI
Official Number
140925. Mills List #4870.
Description:
130 x 24 x 14. 320 gross tons. Steel minesweeper. Later became Lightship No. 20.
Built By:
Polson Iron Works, Toronto, and launched August 2, 1917.
Engine 18 - 38 x 24 by builder.
Owned by Dominion Government. Scrapped 1962.
ST. JULIEN
Official Number
140926. Mills List #4912.
Description:
130 x 24 x 14. 320 gross tons. Steel minesweeper.
Later became Lightship No. 22, then Commercial Centennial
Built By:
Polson Iron Works, Toronto, and launched June 16, 1917.
Engine 18 - 38 x 24 by builder.
Owned by
Dominion Government.
J. B. rintoul, Sault Ste. Marie 1955
L. & G. Gay, Sault Ste. Marie 1958
Belco Timber Co., Sault Ste. Marie 1959
Closing Information
Abandoned 1960.
VIMY
Official Number
140927. Mills List #5697.
Description
130 x 24 x 10. 320 gross tons. Launched June 16, 1917. Steel minesweeper.
Engine
built by Polson Iron Works
Owned by
Dominion Government
YPRES
Official Number
140923. Mills List #6003.
Description
130 x 24 x 14. 320 gross tons. Launched June 16, 1917. Steel minesweeper.
Engine
built by Polson Iron Works
Owned by
Dominion Government, Canadian Naval Service
Closing Information
Sank in collision, 1940