HMCS Newington
 Newington while in government service. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| Name: | Newington |
| Builder: | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, England |
| Launched: | 1899 |
| Acquired: | 1908 |
| Commissioned: | 1914 |
| Decommissioned: | 1918 |
| Fate: | returned to government service 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Patrol vessel |
| Displacement: | 193 tons (gross) |
| Length: | 115 ft (35 m) |
| Beam: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Draught: | 11.5 ft (3.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | Single screw, steam triple expansion engine |
HMCS Newington was a commissioned patrol boat of the Royal Canadian Navy that served in the First World War. Prior to the war, the ship served as a fishing trawler and lighthouse tender. Following the war the vessel was returned to government service.
Service history
Originally built as an iron-hulled fishing trawler by Cook, Welton & Gemmell at Hull, Newington was purchased by the Canadian government in 1908 and converted to a lighthouse supply ship and buoy tender for use in British Columbia waters.[1]
Following the outbreak of the First World War, Newington was taken over by the Royal Canadian Navy and fitted to lay mines. Subsequently used as a patrol vessel, Newington was returned to civilian service in 1920, was sold in 1937. On 26 August 1959 she sank in Burrard Inlet, British Columbia.[1]
References
- Notes
- References
- Converted civilian vessels
- Charles D. Maginley and Bernard Collin, The Ships of Canada's Marine Services, St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing, 2001, p. 64. ISBN 1-55125-070-5
- Gibert Norman Tucker, The Naval Service of Canada: Volume I: Origins and Early Years, (Ottawa: King's Printer, 1952), p. 237.
- Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). Warships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910-2002 (3 ed.). St. Catharines: Vanwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.